NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

James I. Rho, M.D.

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

James I. Rho, M.D. is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and NPI 1548323769, issued on Dec 19, 2006. Check the license (California G80002, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1548323769
Name
James I. Rho
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
License number
G80002 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9327 Fairway View PL, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Phone
(909) 758-0411
Enumerated
Dec 19, 2006
Record last updated
Dec 4, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(909) 758-0711
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050126000612); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 1993
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 9327 Fairway View PL

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Bhupinder Nakai, MDPsychiatry Physician1720030208

Verify James I. Rho in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024

9,012 Medicare Part D claims for 492 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 3,239 claims were for opioids.

  1. James Rho9,012
  2. Specialty average2,306

Most prescribed

  1. Celecoxib767 claims
  2. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen744 claims
  3. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen694 claims
  4. Tizanidine Hcl546 claims
  5. Pregabalin526 claims
  6. Gabapentin424 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: $4,292.79

211 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Forte Bio-Pharma LLC. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. James Rho$4,292.79
  2. Specialty average$3,889.53

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

James I. Rho among 219 interventional pain medicine physician records in California

James I. Rho, M.D. is one of 219 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 10% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 55% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • Graduated1993 · median 2003 among the 167 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2008 · 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 208VP0014X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 219 interventional pain medicine physician records in California.

The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. James Kim, M.D.Covina, CA 917231649698481
  2. Tony Liu, D.O., MPHCovina, CA 917231609106459
  3. Dharmesh Mehta, MDCovina, CA 917231114980760
  4. Ben Shwachman, M.D.Covina, CA 917231346247335
  5. Marc Cheng, M.D.Chino, CA 917101417018342
  6. Marc Lynch, D.O.Chino, CA 917101760488621
  7. Bryan Lee, MDPomona, CA 917671467512624
  8. John Sasaki, MDPomona, CA 917671407916208

Common questions

What is James I. Rho, M.D.'s NPI number?

James I. Rho, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548323769, issued on Dec 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is James I. Rho, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9327 Fairway View PL, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91730. Phone: (909) 758-0411. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify James I. Rho, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number G80002, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does James I. Rho, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, James I. Rho, M.D. had 9,012 Medicare Part D claims for 492 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is James I. Rho, 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.