James A. Gavach, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Rapid City, SD
James A. Gavach, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Rapid City, South Dakota, and NPI 1750499232, issued on Aug 26, 2006. Check the license (South Dakota R031455, as entered in NPPES) with the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James A. Gavach
- Credential
- CRNA
- Primary taxonomy
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
- License number
- R031455 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 353 Fairmont Blvd, Rapid City, SD 57701
- Phone
- (605) 719-8289
- Enumerated
- Aug 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 8, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (605) 719-7680
- Medicaid IDs
- 5753332 SD
5753330 SD - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080415000416); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 353 Fairmont Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify James A. Gavach in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Dakota board licenses this profession
Search for license R031455Check 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): 64.5 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: $24.41
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 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
- East Carolina Anesthesia Associates PLLCHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James A. Gavach among 533 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in South Dakota
James A. Gavach, CRNA is one of 533 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in South Dakota. 73% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2013 among the 372 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
101 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Rapid City
They are 101 of the 3,017 NPPES records with a practice address in Rapid City, and 533 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in South Dakota.
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The 8 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Douglas Retzer, CRNARapid City, SD 577011376537803
Common questions
What is James A. Gavach, CRNA's NPI number?
James A. Gavach, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750499232, issued on Aug 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James A. Gavach, CRNA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 353 Fairmont Blvd, Rapid City, SD, 57701. Phone: (605) 719-8289. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James A. Gavach, CRNA's license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number R031455, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is James A. Gavach, CRNA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 64.5 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.