NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Jacob Richard Adams, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Scottsdale, AZ

Jacob Richard Adams, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Scottsdale, Arizona, and NPI 1518256585, issued on Mar 30, 2011. Check the license (Arizona 51865, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1518256585
Name
Jacob Richard Adams
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
License number
51865 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
10200 N 92ND St Ste 225, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Phone
(480) 697-4824
Enumerated
Mar 30, 2011
Record last updated
Jun 9, 2025
Fax
(480) 697-4825
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190712001422); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Utah School Of Medicine, 2011
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 10200 N 92ND St Ste 225

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Kortney Daly, PA-CPhysician Assistant1316641905
  2. J Tyler Enders, DOOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1376920942
  3. Timothy Kavanaugh, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1053304766
  4. David Larson, D.P.M.Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist1922448158

Verify Jacob Richard Adams in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
    Search for license 51865
    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Open the Arizona license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

93% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024

667 Medicare Part D claims for 170 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 145 claims were for opioids.

  1. Jacob Adams667
  2. Specialty average346

Most prescribed

  1. Oxycodone Hcl88 claims
  2. Celecoxib77 claims
  3. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim64 claims
  4. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl63 claims
  5. Ondansetron Odt61 claims
  6. Meloxicam60 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,606.43

11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Jacob Adams$1,606
  2. Specialty average$23,023

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. AZ Orthopedics LLCScottsdale, AZ

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Arizona

There are 462 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Arizona.

Other orthopaedic surgery physician records in Arizona

  1. Mohammed Abbas, MDTucson, AZ1003437872
  2. Jon Abbott, M.D.Tucson, AZ1790973089
  3. Andrew Adamczyk, MDPhoenix, AZ1639898620
  4. Raheef Alatassi, MBBS, MSC, FRCSCScottsdale, AZ1275494593
  5. Benjamin Albert, M.D.Scottsdale, AZ1235494741
  6. Abduljabbar Alhammoud, MDTucson, AZ1063028454
  7. Mark Allen, D.O.Gilbert, AZ1124339676
  8. Stan Allen, D.O.Kingman, AZ1629043740
  9. Burak Altintas, MDGilbert, AZ1831604552
  10. Brent Anderson, DOPrescott, AZ1144420472

Common questions

What is Jacob Richard Adams, M.D.'s NPI number?

Jacob Richard Adams, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518256585, issued on Mar 30, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Jacob Richard Adams, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10200 N 92ND St Ste 225, Scottsdale, AZ, 85258. Phone: (480) 697-4824. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Jacob Richard Adams, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 51865, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Jacob Richard Adams, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Jacob Richard Adams, M.D. had 667 Medicare Part D claims for 170 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Jacob Richard Adams, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.