James Elwood Baker, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Conroe, TX
James Elwood Baker, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Conroe, Texas, and NPI 1356365324, issued on Jul 26, 2006. Check the license (Texas G1852, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Elwood Baker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G1852 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3251 Interstate 45 N, Conroe, TX 77304
- Phone
- (936) 582-5642
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 17, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (936) 788-8181
- Medicaid ID
- 118965603 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100701000527); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 1979
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Elwood Baker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license G1852Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
16,868 Medicare Part D claims for 1,103 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 571 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,051 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium563 claims
- Lisinopril531 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate530 claims
- Losartan Potassium486 claims
- Simvastatin471 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $67.00
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. 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 one group practice
- Baylor St. Luke's Medical GroupConroe, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Elwood Baker among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
James Elwood Baker, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
96 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Conroe
They are 96 of the 2,448 NPPES records with a practice address in Conroe, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
All 11,119 in Texas → Every provider in Conroe → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is James Elwood Baker, MD's NPI number?
James Elwood Baker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356365324, issued on Jul 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Elwood Baker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3251 Interstate 45 N, Conroe, TX, 77304. Phone: (936) 582-5642. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Elwood Baker, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G1852, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Elwood Baker, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Elwood Baker, MD had 16,868 Medicare Part D claims for 1,103 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Elwood Baker, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.