James Burden, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Long Beach, CA
James Burden, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1851330047, issued on Jun 5, 2006. Check the license (California A81005, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Burden
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A81005 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2801 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90806
- Phone
- (562) 933-2000
- Enumerated
- Jun 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (818) 587-2493
- Medicaid ID
- 00A810050 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041104001156); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Geffen School Of Medicine, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2801 Atlantic Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Mannat Agnish, MD, MPHStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1881321883
- Mary Elaine Aguilar-Choomngern, NPMedical-Surgical Registered Nurse1033765474
Verify James Burden in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A81005Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
191 Medicare Part D claims for 130 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Naproxen29 claims
- Cephalexin16 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: $236.10
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lightforce Orthodontics, 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
- Columbia Emergency Medical Group IncLong Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Burden among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
James Burden, MD is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 59% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- James Collier, MDLong Beach, CA 908061740229996
- Gary Hofmann, MDLong Beach, CA 908061174579734
- Amy Kaji, MDLong Beach, CA 908061619923125
- William Koenig, MDLong Beach, CA 908061457390908
- Alan Lewis, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061275584112
- Christopher McDougal, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061568400463
Common questions
What is James Burden, MD's NPI number?
James Burden, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851330047, issued on Jun 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Burden, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2801 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA, 90806. Phone: (562) 933-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Burden, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A81005, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Burden, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Burden, MD had 191 Medicare Part D claims for 130 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.