James Michael Bensler, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Jackson, MS
James Michael Bensler, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Jackson, Mississippi, and NPI 1457591570, issued on Mar 2, 2009. Check the license (Mississippi 20892, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Michael Bensler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 20892 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216
- Phone
- (601) 815-2005
- Enumerated
- Mar 2, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jun 11, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (601) 815-0434
- Medicaid ID
- 00854025 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101102001350); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Washington School Of Medicine, 2003
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Michael Bensler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 20892Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
6,065 Medicare Part D claims for 788 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims. 39 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis745 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate666 claims
- Carvedilol533 claims
- Spironolactone343 claims
- Furosemide307 claims
- Xarelto255 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $4,430.42
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- State OF Mississippi-University OF Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Michael Bensler among 142 cardiovascular disease physician records in Mississippi
James Michael Bensler, MD is one of 142 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 75% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 1996 among the 109 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Mississippi
There are 142 cardiovascular disease physician records in Mississippi.
All 142 in Mississippi → Every provider in Jackson → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Myrna Alexander, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161285648063
- Bryan Barksdale, MDJackson, MS 392161083663876
- Kenneth Bennett, MDJackson, MS 392161043254253
- Vernon Cotten, MDJackson, MS 392161164466082
- Quinton Dickerson, MDJackson, MS 392161942243712
- Ervin Fox, MDJackson, MS 392161346260460
- Douglas Harkins, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161457376915
- James Hays, MDJackson, MS 392161912943945
Common questions
What is James Michael Bensler, MD's NPI number?
James Michael Bensler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457591570, issued on Mar 2, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Michael Bensler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS, 39216. Phone: (601) 815-2005. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Michael Bensler, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 20892, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Michael Bensler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Michael Bensler, MD had 6,065 Medicare Part D claims for 788 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Michael Bensler, MD'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.