James Walton Nichols, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Shreveport, LA
James Walton Nichols, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1578502076, issued on Jun 6, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 14178R, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Walton Nichols
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 14178R LA
ME161754 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- One St Mary Place, Shreveport, LA 71101
- Phone
- (318) 681-4500
- Enumerated
- Jun 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (318) 681-4177
- Medicaid ID
- 1113492 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230714002305); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at One St Mary Place
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify James Walton Nichols in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 14178RCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
334 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 63 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen56 claims
- Azithromycin28 claims
- Cephalexin28 claims
- Ondansetron Odt23 claims
- Prednisone23 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa17 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: $13.80
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, 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
- Cep America LLCPensacola, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Walton Nichols among 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana
James Walton Nichols, MD is one of 1,000 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 87% 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, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2010 among the 653 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 64% 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
109 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Shreveport
They are 109 of the 8,660 NPPES records with a practice address in Shreveport, and 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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- Deborah Fletcher, MDShreveport, LA 711011699777011
- Richard Jacobson, MDShreveport, LA 711011477500288
- John Netterville, MDShreveport, LA 711011225084536
- Jared Schaan, MDShreveport, LA 711011871540690
Common questions
What is James Walton Nichols, MD's NPI number?
James Walton Nichols, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578502076, issued on Jun 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Walton Nichols, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at One St Mary Place, Shreveport, LA, 71101. Phone: (318) 681-4500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Walton Nichols, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 14178R, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Walton Nichols, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Walton Nichols, MD had 334 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.