James Russell Fitts
Hospitalist Physician · Huntersville, NC
James Russell Fitts is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Huntersville, North Carolina, and NPI 1932436995, issued on Nov 12, 2009. Check the license (North Carolina 2016-00586, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Russell Fitts
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 2016-00586 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10030 Gilead RD, Huntersville, NC 28078
- Phone
- (704) 316-3789
- Enumerated
- Nov 12, 2009
- Record last updated
- Oct 25, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (704) 316-6785
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161025002039); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Mercer University School Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 10030 Gilead RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify James Russell Fitts in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2016-00586Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
55% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
232 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide13 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate13 claims
- Prednisone12 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: $580.79
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Novant Health Medical Group, LLCHuntersville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Russell Fitts among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
James Russell Fitts is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% 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 40% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 40% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
16 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Huntersville
They are 16 of the 1,525 NPPES records with a practice address in Huntersville, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- John Heller, MDHuntersville, NC 280781992292064
- Chandrasekhar Kothagundla, M.DHuntersville, NC 280781154637353
- Mani Lama, MDHuntersville, NC 280781649425455
- Andrew McGettigan, M.D.Huntersville, NC 280781700107034
- Matthew Nacpil, DOHuntersville, NC 280781679093199
Common questions
What is James Russell Fitts's NPI number?
James Russell Fitts's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932436995, issued on Nov 12, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Russell Fitts located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10030 Gilead RD, Huntersville, NC, 28078. Phone: (704) 316-3789. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Russell Fitts's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2016-00586, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Russell Fitts prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Russell Fitts had 232 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.