Joshua James Waits
Emergency Medicine Physician · Des Moines, IA
Joshua James Waits is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1568215630, issued on Apr 9, 2024. Check the license (Iowa R-13037, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua James Waits
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- R-13037 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1200 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA 50309
- Phone
- (515) 241-5586
- Enumerated
- Apr 9, 2024
- Record last updated
- Jun 11, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20260612002124); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Des Moines University Of Osteopathic Medicine And Health Sciences, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1200 Pleasant St
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- Daniel Afrifa, MDHospitalist Physician1528564473
Verify Joshua James Waits in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license R-13037Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
12 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 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.
Joshua James Waits among 509 emergency medicine physician records in Iowa
Joshua James Waits is one of 509 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 91% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 91% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2024 · median 2012 among the 231 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
95 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Des Moines
They are 95 of the 5,538 NPPES records with a practice address in Des Moines, and 509 emergency medicine physician records in Iowa.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Javaid Abbasi, D.O.Des Moines, IA 503091831127562
- Tracy Bailey, DODes Moines, IA 503091720183635
- Larry Baker, D.O.Des Moines, IA 503091568533792
- Julie Carmody, MDDes Moines, IA 503091356446280
- Leo Damasco, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091134326366
- Ernst Hoffman, D.ODes Moines, IA 503091871665612
- Amna Jafry, MDDes Moines, IA 503091730175647
- Travis Kain, DODes Moines, IA 503091477715738
Common questions
What is Joshua James Waits's NPI number?
Joshua James Waits's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568215630, issued on Apr 9, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua James Waits located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA, 50309. Phone: (515) 241-5586. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua James Waits's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number R-13037, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joshua James Waits prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua James Waits had 12 Medicare Part D claims; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.