James L. Reith, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Palmdale, CA
James L. Reith, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Palmdale, California, and NPI 1215943758, issued on Aug 1, 2006. Check the license (California PA13597, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James L. Reith
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- PA13597 CA
13597 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 631 W Avenue Q Ste B, Palmdale, CA 93551
- Phone
- (661) 947-9000
- Enumerated
- Aug 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 266-8751
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051024000557); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Emory University School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James L. Reith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA13597Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,158 Medicare Part D claims for 394 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clobetasol Propionate121 claims
- Fluorouracil114 claims
- Gentamicin Sulfate92 claims
- Ketoconazole92 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide74 claims
- Cephalexin46 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: $94.56
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James L. Reith among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
James L. Reith, PA-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 physician assistant records list a practice address in Palmdale
They are 21 of the 2,077 NPPES records with a practice address in Palmdale, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is James L. Reith, PA-C's NPI number?
James L. Reith, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215943758, issued on Aug 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James L. Reith, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 631 W Avenue Q Ste B, Palmdale, CA, 93551. Phone: (661) 947-9000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James L. Reith, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA13597, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does James L. Reith, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James L. Reith, PA-C had 1,158 Medicare Part D claims for 394 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James L. Reith, PA-C'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.