James Bentler, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Billings, MT
James Bentler, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Billings, Montana, and NPI 1962435198, issued on Jul 9, 2006. Check the license (Montana 9510, as entered in NPPES) on the Montana Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Bentler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 9510 MT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1233 N 30TH St, Billings, MT 59101
- Phone
- (406) 237-4116
- Enumerated
- Jul 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (406) 237-4125
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050218000218); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Bentler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMontana Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 9510Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
22% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
176 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin26 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl20 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
- Prednisone12 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim11 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: $44.10
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Mindray DS USA, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Scl Health Medical Group - Billings LLCBillings, MT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Bentler among 243 emergency medicine physician records in Montana
James Bentler, MD is one of 243 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Montana. 81% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2009 among the 144 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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 207P00000X and a Montana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
44 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Billings
They are 44 of the 4,035 NPPES records with a practice address in Billings, and 243 emergency medicine physician records in Montana.
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- Barbara Curry, MDBillings, MT 591011649381203
- Corby Freitag, MDBillings, MT 591011376576504
- John Kominsky, MDBillings, MT 591011275566416
- Curtis Lee, MDBillings, MT 591011891718615
- Sheldon Nelson, MDBillings, MT 591011932125630
Common questions
What is James Bentler, MD's NPI number?
James Bentler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962435198, issued on Jul 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Bentler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1233 N 30TH St, Billings, MT, 59101. Phone: (406) 237-4116. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Bentler, MD's license?
NPPES lists Montana license number 9510, as entered by the provider. Search the Montana Board of Medical Examiners at https://ebiz.mt.gov/POL/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Bentler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Bentler, MD had 176 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.