James Arthur Patterson, M.D.
Ophthalmology Physician · Denver, CO
James Arthur Patterson, M.D. is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Denver, Colorado, and NPI 1396788493, issued on Jun 14, 2006. Check the license (Colorado 25677, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Arthur Patterson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 25677 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3801 E Florida Ave Ste 720, Denver, CO 80210
- Phone
- (303) 320-1777
- Enumerated
- Jun 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 4, 2025
- Fax
- (303) 733-9219
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040701000154); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Colorado School Of Medicine, Denver, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Arthur Patterson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license 25677Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
49% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
771 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 27% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost345 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol95 claims
- Fluorometholone38 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate33 claims
- Timolol Maleate31 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone22 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $316.68
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Colorado Ophthalmology Associates PCLakewood, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Arthur Patterson among 338 ophthalmology physician records in Colorado
James Arthur Patterson, M.D. is one of 338 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 71% 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2001 among the 199 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 207W00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Colorado
There are 338 ophthalmology physician records in Colorado.
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- Peter Hovland, MD PHDDenver, CO 802101720047210
- Jason Jacobs, MDDenver, CO 802101750379954
- Holly Kent, MDDenver, CO 802101700873288
Common questions
What is James Arthur Patterson, M.D.'s NPI number?
James Arthur Patterson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396788493, issued on Jun 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Arthur Patterson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3801 E Florida Ave Ste 720, Denver, CO, 80210. Phone: (303) 320-1777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Arthur Patterson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 25677, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Arthur Patterson, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Arthur Patterson, M.D. had 771 Medicare Part D claims for 245 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Arthur Patterson, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.