James Allen Nelson, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
James Allen Nelson, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1184950552, issued on Oct 20, 2009. Check the license (Texas M8868, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Allen Nelson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- M8868 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7011 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 970-7000
- Enumerated
- Oct 20, 2009
- Record last updated
- Oct 20, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 970-7246
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Allen Nelson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M8868Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
151 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Clonazepam17 claims
- Trazodone Hcl16 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate14 claims
- Clonidine Hcl11 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: $821.76
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
James Allen Nelson among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
James Allen Nelson, MD is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% 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 54% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 54% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 45% of these records are
- Record last updated2009 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is James Allen Nelson, MD's NPI number?
James Allen Nelson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184950552, issued on Oct 20, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Allen Nelson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7011 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 970-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Allen Nelson, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M8868, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Allen Nelson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Allen Nelson, MD had 151 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.