James Christopher Craig, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Ellijay, GA
James Christopher Craig, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Ellijay, Georgia, and NPI 1811972987, issued on Dec 13, 2005. Check the license (Georgia 052910, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Christopher Craig
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 052910 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 822 Industrial Blvd, Ellijay, GA 30540
- Phone
- (706) 698-4362
- Enumerated
- Dec 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2023
- Fax
- (706) 698-4366
- Medicaid ID
- 632107423F GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031126000402); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 822 Industrial Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify James Christopher Craig in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 052910Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
373 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate26 claims
- Pregabalin21 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa19 claims
- Naltrexone Hcl19 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone17 claims
- Gabapentin17 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: $5,808.89
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, Inc. 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
- Highland Rivers Community Service BoardCanton, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Christopher Craig among 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia
James Christopher Craig, MD is one of 3,951 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2005 among the 2,542 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 53% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
7 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Ellijay
They are 7 of the 136 NPPES records with a practice address in Ellijay, and 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is James Christopher Craig, MD's NPI number?
James Christopher Craig, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811972987, issued on Dec 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Christopher Craig, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 822 Industrial Blvd, Ellijay, GA, 30540. Phone: (706) 698-4362. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Christopher Craig, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 052910, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Christopher Craig, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Christopher Craig, MD had 373 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.