James Walter Galbraith, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
James Walter Galbraith, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1164508214, issued on Oct 31, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 00027354, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Walter Galbraith
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 00027354 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 619 19TH St S, Birmingham, AL 35249
- Phone
- (205) 996-7385
- Enumerated
- Oct 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 12, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 102944 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180927002190); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2004
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Walter Galbraith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 00027354Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 69.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $36,256.06
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, 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
- State OF Mississippi-University OF Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Walter Galbraith among 678 emergency medicine physician records in Alabama
James Walter Galbraith, MD is one of 678 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2011 among the 399 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 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 207P00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
238 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 238 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 678 emergency medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is James Walter Galbraith, MD's NPI number?
James Walter Galbraith, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164508214, issued on Oct 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Walter Galbraith, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 619 19TH St S, Birmingham, AL, 35249. Phone: (205) 996-7385. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Walter Galbraith, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 00027354, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is James Walter Galbraith, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 69.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.