James K. Whitaker, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · Wheat Ridge, CO
James K. Whitaker, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and NPI 1134105885, issued on Dec 15, 2005. Check the license (Colorado 25296, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James K. Whitaker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License number
- 25296 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8300 W 38TH Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
- Phone
- (303) 422-9438
- Enumerated
- Dec 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 29, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (303) 422-9474
- Medicaid ID
- 01252964 CO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100922001172); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8300 W 38TH Ave
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Verify James K. Whitaker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license 25296Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 15 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $35.61
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Immunitybio, Inc. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 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
- Physician Anesthesia Services PCWheat Ridge, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James K. Whitaker among 1,202 anesthesiology physician records in Colorado
James K. Whitaker, MD is one of 1,202 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 75% 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, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2006 among the 824 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
30 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in Wheat Ridge
They are 30 of the 2,472 NPPES records with a practice address in Wheat Ridge, and 1,202 anesthesiology physician records in Colorado.
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The 8 anesthesiology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Peter Abromaitis, M.D.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331205277449
- Dianne Ansari Winn, MDWheat Ridge, CO 800331396720298
- Lee Anne Auerhan, M.D.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331437196094
- Alison Brainard, MDWheat Ridge, CO 800331548321292
- Zachary Bryan, M.D.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331831410075
- Andrew Buchholz, M.D.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331801831649
- Andrew Burzynski, M.D.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331689940280
- Larry Cadman, D.O.Wheat Ridge, CO 800331740213396
Common questions
What is James K. Whitaker, MD's NPI number?
James K. Whitaker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134105885, issued on Dec 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James K. Whitaker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8300 W 38TH Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO, 80033. Phone: (303) 422-9438. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James K. Whitaker, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 25296, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is James K. Whitaker, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 15 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.