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2026 NPPES data Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician NPI 1245470426 MD
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James Hammock, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician in Hazard, Kentucky.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 15,618 in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

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Prescribing volume
324
Medicare Part D claims · 111 beneficiaries · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician avg: 793
MIPS score
97.4/100
▲ 14 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
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What the federal data shows

James Hammock, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 97.4/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 324 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

97.4/100
MIPS score · +14 vs avg
324
Part D claims, 2024
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)
≥84th
pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about James Hammock, MD

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1245470426), first enumerated 02/27/2009.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 324 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 97.4/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • Reported

    Hospital affiliations

    1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.

    Source: CMS Care Compare

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1245470426 · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · MIPS-ELITE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1245470426
  • ENUM-MID 2009
  • TAX-MID 16K Physical Medicine
  • MIPS-ELITE 97.4/100
  • RX-LIGHT 324
  • BOOK-THIN 169 in Kentucky
  • PHOTO-FINISH Adriane Spruell · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

James Hammock, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

97 ≥ 84th percentile 84% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Below this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where James Hammock, MD sits

This provider among physical medicine & rehabilitation physician peers

Across the 2,483 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, James Hammock, MD writes more Part D claims than 49% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 83% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality0255075100023.647.370.994.5Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 78Point, Part D claim 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D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 67 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 10Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality, percentile: 23Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 15Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 20 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 30 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 33 · MIPS quality, percentile: 27James Hammock, MD, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 49 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one physical medicine & rehabilitation physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is James Hammock, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

James Hammock, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about James Hammock, MD?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 02/27/2009

NPI 1245470426

Primary specialty

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician

Mid-sized

15,618 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

324 59% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 793

MIPS final score

97.4/100 13.9 pts vs avg

Exceptional band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Kentucky

How Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician compares to other specialties among Kentucky providers

Kentucky providers
Family Nurse Practitioner5.8%Student in an Organized Heal…5.2%Pharmacist4.8%Mental Health Counselor4.6%Clinical Social Worker4.2%Physical Therapist3.6%Physical Medicine & Rehabili…0.2%
Largest specialties in Kentucky (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

James Hammock, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
97.4/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%97.4%
MIPS final score (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician) - 97.4/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

181 ROY CAMPBELL DR
Hazard, KY 41701
(606) 439-1316

Provider Details

NPI 1245470426
Specialty Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
Credentials MD
Gender Male
NPI Issued 02/27/2009

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

97.4009
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
76.5564
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Alternative Payment Model

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where James Hammock, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc
Hazard, KY

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

324
Total Claims
$4K
Total Drug Cost
111
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
336
Total Day Supply
7,627
Generic Drug Cost
$4K
Opioid Claims
52 (16.0% rate)

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
66.7 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.83
Gender Split
42% female / 58% male
Age Distribution
<65: 37, 65-74: 48, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What James Hammock, MD prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2024
Drug Claims
Gabapentin
 116
Methylprednisolone
 31
Ibuprofen
 22
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
20
Oxycodone Hcl
 17
Duloxetine Hcl
 12
Meloxicam
 12
Baclofen
 11

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

More Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician in KY → All providers in Kentucky → Compare specialties →

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Overview

How James Hammock, MD fits within the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician landscape nationally.

15,618
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Providers in US
54
States with Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
793
Avg Claims per Provider

James Hammock, MD's 324 claims are below the specialty average of 793.

Nationwide Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Hammock, both outside Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (97.4 here).

Adriane Spruell 97.4 MO Alan Miller 97.4 FL John Muenz 97.4 FL Kenneth Powell 97.4 FL

Same NPPES enumeration year (2009)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Jonathan Salahshour Richland, WA Anda Davidescu New York, NY Shady Hassan Brooklyn, NY Chris Dvorak Aurora, IL

Nearby Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Providers in Kentucky

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Kentucky, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Hammock.

One of 169 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers enrolled in Kentucky, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Joseph Aguirre
DO
Bowling Green, KY
Dr. Scott Akers
M.D.
Prestonsburg, KY
Leah Anderson
OTR/L
Lexington, KY
Rachel Anderson
Lexington, KY
Dr. Nicholas Annichiarico
D.O.
Lexington, KY

Compare Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is James Hammock, MD's specialty? ▼
James Hammock, MD specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician and practices in Hazard, Kentucky. Credentials: MD.
How much does James Hammock, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, James Hammock, MD wrote 324 Medicare Part D claims totaling $4K in drug costs for 111 beneficiaries.
What is James Hammock, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
James Hammock, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 97.4/100 (Quality: 76.6). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is James Hammock, MD located? ▼
James Hammock, MD is located at 181 ROY CAMPBELL DR, Hazard, KY, 41701. Phone: (606) 439-1316.
What is James Hammock, MD's NPI number? ▼
James Hammock, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245470426, issued on 02/27/2009.
Does James Hammock, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, James Hammock, MD had 52 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 16.0%.
How many Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 15,618 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician provider writes 793 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does James Hammock, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, James Hammock, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Gabapentin, Methylprednisolone, Ibuprofen. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does James Hammock, MD accept Medicare? ▼
James Hammock, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 324 Part D claims and 111 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify James Hammock, MD's credentials? ▼
James Hammock, MD's NPI is 1245470426 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.