What is James Thacker's specialty?

James Thacker (NPI 1962564476) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Interventional Pain Management in Huntsville, AL.

Where does James Thacker practice?

James Thacker practices in Huntsville, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1962564476.

How much does Medicare pay James Thacker?

James Thacker (NPI 1962564476) received approximately $148K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 196 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1962564476

James ThackerM.D.

Interventional Pain ManagementHuntsville, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

477

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,712

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$136K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 18 Interventional Pain Management providers in AL — above median (cohort median 5,664).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,729

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$800K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen1,257 claims

Gabapentin1,066 claims

Oxycodone Hcl1,026 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen981 claims

Tizanidine Hcl735 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$859

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$500

Travel and Lodging$367

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$859

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$500

Travel and Lodging$367

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Thacker'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). 14 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Compass Laboratory Services Llc Clinical Laboratory · Memphis, TN	246	3,766
THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE	112	601
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	108	472
THE EAST ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY	92	525
CRESTWOOD HEALTHCARE LP	50	156
HUNTSVILLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.	24	66
Insight Imaging, Inc Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) · Huntsville, AL	22	60
Decatur Surgery Center Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Decatur, AL	17	56
H H HEALTH SYSTEM-MORGAN LLC	17	62
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH	14	57
Timothy Baker Diagnostic Radiology · Huntsville, AL	14	27
Ande Baumann Physical Therapist in Private Practice · Huntsville, AL	13	59

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.

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