James Richard Dismukes, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Germantown, TN
James Richard Dismukes, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Germantown, Tennessee, and NPI 1487608170, issued on May 19, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 27722, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Richard Dismukes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 27722 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7691 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN 38138
- Phone
- (901) 844-1431
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 18, 2023
- Medicaid ID
- 3804600 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060105000589); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Richard Dismukes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 27722Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
232 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Progesterone29 claims
- Prednisone15 claims
- Cefdinir11 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate11 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).
James Richard Dismukes among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
James Richard Dismukes, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
61 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Germantown
They are 61 of the 1,692 NPPES records with a practice address in Germantown, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is James Richard Dismukes, MD's NPI number?
James Richard Dismukes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487608170, issued on May 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Richard Dismukes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7691 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN, 38138. Phone: (901) 844-1431. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Richard Dismukes, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 27722, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Richard Dismukes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Richard Dismukes, MD had 232 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Richard Dismukes, 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.