James Gordon Ames, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Glendale, AZ
James Gordon Ames, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Glendale, Arizona, and NPI 1811998933, issued on Aug 10, 2005. Check the license (Arizona 33973, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Gordon Ames
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 33973 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17218 N 72ND Dr Ste 100, Glendale, AZ 85308
- Phone
- (623) 334-8671
- Enumerated
- Aug 10, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 29, 2025
- Fax
- (623) 334-8675
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050801001259); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 17218 N 72ND Dr Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify James Gordon Ames in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 33973Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,834 Medicare Part D claims for 1,083 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 536 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium553 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium552 claims
- Lisinopril523 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate476 claims
- Trazodone Hcl287 claims
- Losartan Potassium276 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $114.50
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
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
- Greater Phoenix Collaborative Care PCSun City, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Gordon Ames among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona
James Gordon Ames, MD is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
90 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Glendale
They are 90 of the 5,447 NPPES records with a practice address in Glendale, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is James Gordon Ames, MD's NPI number?
James Gordon Ames, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811998933, issued on Aug 10, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Gordon Ames, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17218 N 72ND Dr Ste 100, Glendale, AZ, 85308. Phone: (623) 334-8671. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Gordon Ames, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 33973, 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 James Gordon Ames, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Gordon Ames, MD had 10,834 Medicare Part D claims for 1,083 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.