NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data General Practice Physician NPI 1861733172 DO
Verify on CMS → James Barger, DO
General Practice Physician in Arlington, Washington.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 16,838 in General Practice Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
134
Medicare Part D claims · 71 beneficiaries · General Practice Physician avg: 3K
Generic prescribing
90%
generic claims · 10% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$8.3K
17 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
James Barger, DO filed 134 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a General Practice Physician in Arlington, Washington, prescribing 90% generic.
- 134
- Part D claims, 2024
- 90%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥34th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about James Barger, DO
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1861733172), first enumerated 03/12/2013.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 134 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$8.3K in reported industry payments (17 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Washington statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not James Barger, DO's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: WMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1861733172 · General Practice Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1861733172
- ENUM-MID 2013
- TAX-MID 17K General Practice
- RX-LIGHT 134
- BOOK-THIN 429 in Washington
- PHOTO-ENUM Elain Sobol · 2013
James Barger, DO's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
134 ≥ 34th percentile 34% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
James Barger, DO practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about James Barger, DO?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
General Practice Physician
Medicare Part D claims
134 95% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Washington
How General Practice Physician compares to other specialties among Washington providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for General Practice Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1861733172 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | General Practice Physician |
| Credentials | DO |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 03/12/2013 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where James Barger, DO bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Public Hospital Dist NO 1 Skagit
Arlington, WA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for James Barger, DO. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$8.3K
Largest payer
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Washington WMC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~34K Washington medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to James Barger, DO. To verify James Barger, DO's current license status, search the WMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
88
Total board actions, Washington 2023
Across 85 cases
2.59
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Washington statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
31 cases
WMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Washington disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
James Barger, DO - brand share 10.0%
General Practice Physician average
10% brand-name claims vs 90% generic, on 134 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
134
Total Claims
$4K
Total Drug Cost
71
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 159.5
- Total Day Supply
- 2,946
- Brand vs Generic
- 10% brand / 90% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $493
- Generic Drug Cost
- $3K
- Opioid Claims
- 12 (9.0% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 11
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 71.2 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.48
- Gender Split
- 49% female / 51% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 42 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 30 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
General Practice Physician Overview
How James Barger, DO fits within the General Practice Physician landscape nationally.
16,838
General Practice Physician Providers in US
56
States with General Practice Physician
2,957
Avg Claims per Provider
James Barger, DO's 134 claims are below the specialty average of 2,957.
Nationwide General Practice Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Barger, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2013)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby General Practice Physician Providers in Washington
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Washington, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Barger.
One of 429 General Practice Physician providers enrolled in Washington, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Victoria Acosta
DO
Mossyrock, WA
Dr. Gurmesa Adula
MD
Tacoma, WA
Dr. David Ahern
MD
Tacoma, WA
Dr. Jonathan Alexander
MD
Tacoma, WA
Carolina Alvarez
Tacoma, WA
Compare General Practice Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is James Barger, DO's specialty? ▼
James Barger, DO specializes in General Practice Physician and practices in Arlington, Washington. Credentials: DO.
How much does James Barger, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, James Barger, DO wrote 134 Medicare Part D claims totaling $4K in drug costs for 71 beneficiaries.
Where is James Barger, DO located? ▼
James Barger, DO is located at 3823 172ND ST NE, Arlington, WA, 98223. Phone: (360) 428-2500.
What is James Barger, DO's NPI number? ▼
James Barger, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861733172, issued on 03/12/2013.
Does James Barger, DO prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
James Barger, DO's prescribing is 10% brand-name and 90% generic drugs by claim count, with $493 in brand drug costs.
Does James Barger, DO prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, James Barger, DO had 12 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 9.0%.
How many General Practice Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 16,838 General Practice Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average General Practice Physician provider writes 2,957 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does James Barger, DO prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, James Barger, DO's most frequently prescribed drugs include Pantoprazole Sodium, Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does James Barger, DO accept Medicare? ▼
James Barger, DO appears in CMS Medicare data with 134 Part D claims and 71 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify James Barger, DO's credentials? ▼
James Barger, DO's NPI is 1861733172 with credentials DO. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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