What is James Sowards's specialty?

James Sowards (NPI 1821050832) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Emergency Medicine in Winston Salem, NC.

Where does James Sowards practice?

James Sowards practices in Winston Salem, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1821050832.

How much does Medicare pay James Sowards?

James Sowards (NPI 1821050832) received approximately $19K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 146 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1821050832

James SowardsMD

Emergency MedicineWinston Salem, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

137

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

140

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,499 Emergency Medicine providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 350).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Sowards'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF ILLINOIS	262	643
GALESBURG HOSPITAL CORPORATION	81	240
PATTEKAR, MANDAR	43	63
SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER	29	86
Elizabeth Hayes Nurse Practitioner · Morton, IL	29	31
Mckenzie Likes Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist · Peoria, IL	27	27
James Mcgee Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	20	29
Murali Krishna Meka Diagnostic Radiology · Fayetteville, NC	19	24
JAGANNATHAN, SUBBIA	18	31
Garima Agrawal Nuclear Medicine · Saint Louis, MO	17	25
Carl Strauch Internal Medicine · Galesburg, IL	16	50
Robert Currie Family Practice · Galesburg, IL	16	74

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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