What is James Walker's specialty?

James Walker (NPI 1598940686) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurosurgery in Pinehurst, NC.

Where does James Walker practice?

James Walker practices in Pinehurst, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1598940686.

How much does Medicare pay James Walker?

James Walker (NPI 1598940686) received approximately $159K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 479 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598940686

James WalkerMD

PRACTICEFIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS INCSee all providers at this practice →

NeurosurgeryPinehurst, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

707

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

821

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$51K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 154 Neurosurgery providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 403).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$357

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin18 claims

Mupirocin18 claims

Cephalexin12 claims

Methylprednisolone11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.8

Quality

77.2

Cost

80.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

86.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$25

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$25

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Walker's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 29 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC	360	1,923
Mark Gunn Diagnostic Radiology · Oxford, MS	163	612
Stuart Roth Diagnostic Radiology · Oxford, MS	105	312
Virgil Norris Diagnostic Radiology · Oxford, MS	75	357
NPI 1497938690	55	200
Gregory Thompson Anesthesiology · Oxford, MS	47	164
Justin May Interventional Cardiology · Germantown, TN	39	194
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	39	85
Michael Koury Emergency Medicine · Jackson, MS	30	102
Cooper Terry Orthopedic Surgery · Oxford, MS	28	109
Charles Laney Cardiology · Oxford, MS	27	107
Chester Lake Anesthesiology · Jackson, MS	24	85

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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