James Keister Andrews, M. D.
Family Medicine Physician · Asheville, NC
James Keister Andrews, M. D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1982690129, issued on Sep 22, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 9800448, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Keister Andrews
- Credential
- M. D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 9800448 NC
175570 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 147 Asheland Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
- Phone
- (828) 258-1188
- Enumerated
- Sep 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 21, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 251-1801
- Medicaid ID
- 891125E NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100201000430); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Keister Andrews in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9800448Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
11,230 Medicare Part D claims for 546 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 220 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate545 claims
- Lisinopril458 claims
- Losartan Potassium428 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium410 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium329 claims
- Jardiance313 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: $1,454.41
82 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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 2 group practices
- Biltmore Medical Associates PAAsheville, NC
- Proactive Therapy OF North Carolina IncMarion, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Keister Andrews among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
James Keister Andrews, M. D. is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% 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, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
243 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 243 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is James Keister Andrews, M. D.'s NPI number?
James Keister Andrews, M. D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982690129, issued on Sep 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Keister Andrews, M. D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 147 Asheland Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801. Phone: (828) 258-1188. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Keister Andrews, M. D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9800448, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Keister Andrews, M. D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Keister Andrews, M. D. had 11,230 Medicare Part D claims for 546 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.