James B. Rivers, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Knoxville, TN
James B. Rivers, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1033150461, issued on Jun 9, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 24742, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James B. Rivers
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 24742 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1819 W Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916
- Phone
- (865) 524-1631
- Enumerated
- Jun 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 11, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 3093146 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100304000822); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James B. Rivers in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 24742Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,734 Medicare Part D claims for 520 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 122 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium353 claims
- Gabapentin319 claims
- Omeprazole277 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium259 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate253 claims
- Losartan Potassium220 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: $930.12
49 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Summit Medical Group, PLLCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James B. Rivers among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
James B. Rivers, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
237 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 237 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is James B. Rivers, MD's NPI number?
James B. Rivers, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033150461, issued on Jun 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James B. Rivers, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1819 W Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN, 37916. Phone: (865) 524-1631. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James B. Rivers, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 24742, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James B. Rivers, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James B. Rivers, MD had 7,734 Medicare Part D claims for 520 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.