James Tillman, O.D.
Optometrist in Andalusia, Alabama.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 61,426 in Optometrist, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
James Tillman, O.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 8.3/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,087 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 8.3/100
- MIPS score · -75 vs avg
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 56%
- generic prescribing
- $667.19
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about James Tillman, O.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1164598215), first enumerated 11/28/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,087 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 8.3/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$667.19 in reported industry payments (13 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1164598215 · Optometrist
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-LOW · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1164598215
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MEGA 61K Optometrist
- MIPS-LOW 8.3/100
- RX-MID 1,087
- BOOK-LIGHT 859 in Alabama
- PHOTO-FINISH Matthew Sullivan, OD · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Tillman · this p…
Tillman · this provider
8.3 MIPS pts
- Matthew Sullivan…
Matthew Sullivan, OD
8.3 MIPS pts
- Jamie Strong, O.…
Jamie Strong, O.D.
8.4 MIPS pts
- Derrell Spurlock…
Derrell Spurlock, OD
8.5 MIPS pts
- Mark Allen, O.D.…
Mark Allen, O.D.
8.7 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
James Tillman, O.D.'s MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
8 ≥ 2nd percentile 2% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where James Tillman, O.D. sits
This provider among optometrist peers
Across the 6,187 optometrist providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, James Tillman, O.D. writes more Part D claims than 87% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 7% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one optometrist peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is James Tillman, O.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
What does the federal data show about James Tillman, O.D.?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Medicare Part D claims
MIPS final score
Specialty distribution in Alabama
How Optometrist compares to other specialties among Alabama providers
Optometrist ranks #23 among Alabama's specialties (1.3% of in-state providers)
Each bar is a specialty's share of the Alabama provider total, by primary NUCC taxonomy. The highlighted bar is Optometrist; the long tail of smaller specialties is omitted for legibility.
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
James Tillman, O.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Optometrist national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 8.3/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
Quality benchmarks
- National MIPS avg 2023 measured reporting year
- Quality dim CMS Quality category
- Specialty volume Optometrist US NPIs
8.3/100 MIPS final score - 75.2 pts below the 83.5 national average
Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities composite score for the 2023 performance year. Specialty: Optometrist. Quality dim: 16.7.
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1164598215 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Optometrist |
| Credentials | O.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 11/28/2006 |
Verify this provider's license
PlainDoctor pulls this profile from the CMS NPPES public registry. Confirm James Tillman, O.D.'s current license status, disciplinary history, and board certifications with the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners in Alabama before relying on this page for a clinical or care decision.
How we sourced this profile
Profile fields combine the CMS NPPES monthly snapshot (provider directory, taxonomy, and address) with calendar-year 2023 Medicare Part D and MIPS public-use files when records are present. NPI 1164598215 is the unique 10-digit identifier CMS uses to link Tillman across every Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA-covered transaction. Read full methodology →
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where James Tillman, O.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for James Tillman, O.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$667
Largest payer
Alcon Vision LLC
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Above average
44% brand-name claims vs 56% generic, on 1,087 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 1,474.267
- Total Day Supply
- 37,861
- Brand vs Generic
- 44% brand / 56% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $268K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $20K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 27
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.0 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.32
- Gender Split
- 59% female / 41% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 44, 65-74: 121, 75-84: 89, 85+: 27
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What James Tillman, O.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Latanoprost
Latanoprost
183 claims
- Timolol Maleate
Timolol Maleate
121 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate
Prednisolone Acetate
117 claims
- Moxifloxacin
Moxifloxacin
93 claims
- Lumigan
Lumigan
83 claims
- Brimonidine Tartra…
Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol
81 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin… 50
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth
50 claims
- Rocklatan 49
Rocklatan
49 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 183 |
| Timolol Maleate | 121 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 117 |
| Moxifloxacin Moxifloxacin Hcl | 93 |
| Lumigan Bimatoprost | 83 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol Brimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 81 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 50 |
| Rocklatan Netarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 49 |
| Restasis Cyclosporine | 38 |
| Vyzulta Latanoprostene Bunod | 38 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Optometrist Overview
How James Tillman, O.D. fits within the Optometrist landscape nationally.
James Tillman, O.D.'s 1,087 claims are above the specialty average of 279.
Nationwide Optometrist peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Tillman, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (8.3 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Optometrist Providers in Alabama
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Alabama, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Tillman.
One of 859 Optometrist providers enrolled in Alabama, 5 are shown here.
Compare Optometrist nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
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Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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