What is James Rice's specialty?

James Rice (NPI 1689733172) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in La Jolla, CA.

Where does James Rice practice?

James Rice practices in La Jolla, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1689733172.

How much does Medicare pay James Rice?

James Rice (NPI 1689733172) received approximately $95K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 138 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1689733172

James RiceMD

PRACTICESCRIPPS HEALTHSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyLa Jolla, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

251

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

742

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$63K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 985 Nephrology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,482).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

115

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$57K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Tenofovir Alafenamide23 claims

Cinacalcet Hcl22 claims

Prednisone18 claims

Famotidine14 claims

Amlodipine Besylate14 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$315

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$315

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$315

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Rice'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Scripps Health Clinical Laboratory · La Jolla, CA	163	1,927
Mohsin Saeed Interventional Radiology · La Jolla, CA	43	210
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	39	154
James Heywood Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · La Jolla, CA	34	64
Jonathan Fisher General Surgery · La Jolla, CA	33	139
Andrew King Nephrology · La Jolla, CA	33	106
Caitlin Carter Nephrology · San Diego, CA	29	83
Christopher Marsh Urology · La Jolla, CA	28	154
NPI 1255335535	27	40
Michael Quigley Pathology · La Jolla, CA	25	48
FRANCIS, DAVID	23	52
John Bestoso Nephrology · San Diego, CA	23	71

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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