Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH
Family Medicine Physician · Portsmouth, NH
Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and NPI 1528296902, issued on Jun 24, 2009. Check the license (New Hampshire 15707, as entered in NPPES) on the New Hampshire Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruth Ellen James
- Credential
- MD, MPH
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 15707 NH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 111 New Hampshire Ave Ste 2, Portsmouth, NH 03801
- Phone
- (603) 319-4490
- Enumerated
- Jun 24, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20121203000011); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ruth Ellen James in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Hampshire Board of Medicine
Search for license 15707Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,251 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium197 claims
- Lisinopril147 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium131 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium116 claims
- Omeprazole94 claims
- Metformin Hcl86 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: $223.76
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Lamprey Health Care IncNewmarket, NH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruth Ellen James among 816 family medicine physician records in New Hampshire
Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH is one of 816 family medicine physician records with a practice address in New Hampshire. 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 2009, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 67% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2003 among the 498 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a New Hampshire practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
36 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Portsmouth
They are 36 of the 1,860 NPPES records with a practice address in Portsmouth, and 816 family medicine physician records in New Hampshire.
All 816 in New Hampshire → Every provider in Portsmouth → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Keenan Al-Hojerry, MDPortsmouth, NH 038011063468981
- Mark Ballentyne, MDPortsmouth, NH 038011669404661
- David Gagnon, MDPortsmouth, NH 038011831145259
- Jennifer Koop, MDPortsmouth, NH 038011699769372
- George Kousaie, MDPortsmouth, NH 038011548263437
- Susan Krolewski, MDPortsmouth, NH 038011467406710
- Kenneth Lajoie, DOPortsmouth, NH 038011730142175
- M. Lauter, M.D.Portsmouth, NH 038011366544819
Common questions
What is Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH's NPI number?
Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528296902, issued on Jun 24, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 111 New Hampshire Ave Ste 2, Portsmouth, NH, 03801. Phone: (603) 319-4490. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH's license?
NPPES lists New Hampshire license number 15707, as entered by the provider. Search the New Hampshire Board of Medicine at https://www.oplc.nh.gov/board-medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruth Ellen James, MD, MPH had 2,251 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.