James Garland Smith, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Shreveport, LA
James Garland Smith, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1023007812, issued on Oct 14, 2005. Check the license (Louisiana 018986, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Garland Smith
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 018986 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9820 Bayou Bend Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115
- Phone
- (318) 797-6627
- Enumerated
- Oct 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 9, 2022
- Fax
- (318) 797-9395
- Medicaid ID
- 1926973 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040813000107); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Garland Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 018986Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
58 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $211.04
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- St Francis Medical Group LLCMonroe, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Garland Smith among 340 hospitalist physician records in Louisiana
James Garland Smith, MD is one of 340 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 97% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2014 among the 271 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 44% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 340 hospitalist physician records in Louisiana.
All 340 in Louisiana → Every provider in Shreveport → Hospitalist Physician nationwide →
The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Diane Jamison-Blair, MDShreveport, LA 711151396712063
- Deborah Luckie, DOShreveport, LA 711151114109279
- Pouya Mafi, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711151790212256
- Yanet Perez Garcia, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711151699209551
- Cameron Sandefur, DOShreveport, LA 711151952864324
- Jennifer Loprete, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711181760915557
- Tushar Pawar, MDBossier City, LA 711111457845380
- Akhilesh ThakurBossier City, LA 711111881118909
Common questions
What is James Garland Smith, MD's NPI number?
James Garland Smith, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023007812, issued on Oct 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Garland Smith, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9820 Bayou Bend Dr, Shreveport, LA, 71115. Phone: (318) 797-6627. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Garland Smith, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 018986, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Garland Smith, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Garland Smith, MD had 58 Medicare Part D claims; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.