What is James Grimes's specialty?

James Grimes (NPI 1689644833) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Saint Augustine, FL.

Where does James Grimes practice?

James Grimes practices in Saint Augustine, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1689644833.

How much does Medicare pay James Grimes?

James Grimes (NPI 1689644833) received approximately $175K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 466 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1689644833

James GrimesMD

Orthopedic SurgerySaint Augustine, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

999

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,332

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$109K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,417 Orthopedic Surgery providers in FL — below median (cohort median 1,874).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

759

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Celecoxib426 claims

Gabapentin83 claims

Oxycodone Hcl51 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen43 claims

Ibuprofen35 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.1

Quality

56.3

Cost

78.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.13%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$142

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$142

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$142

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Grimes'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). 52 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
FLAGLER HOSPITAL INC	386	1,600
Robert Taliaferro Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Augustine, FL	114	370
Milton Mendenhall Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Augustine, FL	69	207
Brian Haycook Orthopedic Surgery · Clyde, NC	55	99
OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER OF ST AUGUSTINE LLC	44	84
Jorge Garcia Anesthesiology · St Augustine, FL	36	135
Ripp Smith Diagnostic Radiology · St Augustine, FL	34	99
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	31	115
Jawad Farhat Internal Medicine · Saint Augustine, FL	29	150
Patrick Ziemann-Gimmel Anesthesiology · St Augustine, FL	28	98
Rafael Apontelopez Diagnostic Radiology · St Augustine, FL	27	75
SCHONDER, MATTHEW	27	153

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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