James W. Pickens, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Waxahachie, TX
James W. Pickens, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Waxahachie, Texas, and NPI 1982610408, issued on Aug 1, 2006. Check the license (Texas G5483, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James W. Pickens
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G5483 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1305 W Jefferson, Waxahachie, TX 75165
- Phone
- (972) 351-9182
- Enumerated
- Aug 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 16, 2023
- Fax
- (972) 351-9187
- Medicaid IDs
- 124229902 TX
124229906 TX
124229905 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061101000303); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James W. Pickens in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license G5483Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,629 Medicare Part D claims for 498 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 334 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate361 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium275 claims
- Metformin Hcl248 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium244 claims
- Lisinopril230 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium216 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: $14.76
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Healthtexas Provider NetworkWaxahachie, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James W. Pickens among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
James W. Pickens, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Waxahachie
They are 21 of the 733 NPPES records with a practice address in Waxahachie, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christopher Broadway, M.D.Waxahachie, TX 751651639308836
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- Sharisse Holinej, M.D.Waxahachie, TX 751651467764209
- Ramon Kare, M.D.Waxahachie, TX 751651568553139
- Rajan Kohli, M.DWaxahachie, TX 751651477534436
- Jane Lee, DOWaxahachie, TX 751651730400854
- David Linguist, M.D.Waxahachie, TX 751651891723367
Common questions
What is James W. Pickens, MD's NPI number?
James W. Pickens, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982610408, issued on Aug 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James W. Pickens, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1305 W Jefferson, Waxahachie, TX, 75165. Phone: (972) 351-9182. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James W. Pickens, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G5483, 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 W. Pickens, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James W. Pickens, MD had 7,629 Medicare Part D claims for 498 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.