James Richardson, M.D. appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Vascular Surgery Physician provider holding M.D. credentials at 3601 THE VANDERBILT CLINIC, Nashville, TN, 37232, with a listed phone of (615) 322-5000. NPI 1669453098 was issued on 11/11/2005.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 318 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 100 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $40K in drug spend, split 16% brand-name and 84% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 5.3%. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 84.2/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 71.5, Cost 67.1), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Vascular Surgery Physician is a narrow specialty nationwide, with 4,227 enrolled providers across 53 states and an average of 205 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline.

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