James M. Krell

  • Birmingham, AL
  • Dermatologist
NPI1932133659PAC ID4789604356
Medicare services, 2024
5,674
Medicare patients, 2024
1,055
Part D claims, 2024
3,346
Publications
1
Clinical trials
8
Practice address
2100 16th S Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205
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Primary practice

Total Dermatology

Birmingham, Alabama

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James M. Krell is a dermatologist in Birmingham, Alabama

James Krell practices at Total Dermatology in Birmingham, Alabama.

James Krell's NPI, 1932133659, was assigned on July 10, 2006. James Krell graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1989. James Krell holds Alabama license 17253.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4789604356
NPI enumeration date
July 10, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

James M. Krell practices at Total Dermatology in Birmingham, Alabama

James Krell's primary practice is Total Dermatology, at 2100 16th S Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205 in Jefferson County.

  • Total Dermatology
    2100 16th S Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205 · Jefferson County

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

James M. Krell is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

James Krell's primary practice is Total Dermatology in Birmingham, Alabama. The medical group on file is Total Dermatology. Dmand AI also links James Krell to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at James M. Krell's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Total DermatologyAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

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James M. Krell is one of 134 dermatologists in Alabama

Dermatology is James Krell's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has James Krell's licenses on file in 2 states: Alabama and Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Dermatology, AlabamaPrimaryLicense 17253 · taxonomy 207N00000X
  • Georgia licenseLicense 33617

Dermatologists near James Krell

Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

James M. Krell billed Medicare for 5,674 services in 2024

CMS data shows 5,674 Medicare services from James Krell across 25 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,055 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $181,240 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20245,674
Medicare patients1,055
Paid by Medicare$181,240
Procedure codes25

James Krell's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 4,3882024: 3,66217%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,5102024: 1,32912%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 5312024: 58811%
Tests and treatments
2023: 3692024: 9574%
Other services
2023: 1852024: 0100%

James Krell compared with the Alabama median for dermatologists, 2024

  • James Krell
  • Alabama median
Medicare services
5,674vs 2,6372.2 times
Medicare patients
1,055vs 55989% above
Part D claims
3,155vs 7184.4 times

Medians across 137 dermatologists in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

James Krell's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

James M. Krell treated 1,055 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 1,055 Medicare patients who saw James Krell in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 484 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 1% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.00, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts James Krell's median patient age at 69, with 42% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,055
Average age75
Average risk score1.00
Also on Medicaid1%

James Krell's Medicare patients by age, 2024

James Krell's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women39137%
  • Men66463%

Chronic conditions among James Krell's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis52%
  4. Ischemic heart disease26%
  5. Diabetes25%
  6. Chronic kidney disease24%
  7. Atrial fibrillation18%
  8. Mood disorders18%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

James Krell's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women42%
  • Men58%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

James M. Krell wrote 3,346 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, James Krell wrote 3,346 Medicare Part D claims for 1,017 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,155 of them, across 47 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,894,328 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,830 claims across 49 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,346
Drugs named by CMS47
Total drug cost$4.9M
Part D patients1,017

James Krell's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,630 claims79%
  • Brand-name716 claims21%

James Krell's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in James Krell's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids5%170 of 3,346 claims
  • Antibiotics7%221 of 3,346 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2,8302024: 3,15511%

Drugs named by CMS: 47 in 2024, 49 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

James M. Krell scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for James Krell for performance year 2024, reported individually. James Krell accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 2,278 procedures of removal of skin lesions by James Krell, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

James Krell's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 93of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 98of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where James Krell ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of skin lesions
98th percentile2,278 procedures
Skin biopsy
97th percentile598 procedures
Removal or shaving of skin growth
90th percentile205 procedures
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
92nd percentile94 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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James M. Krell has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to James Krell in 2016. James Krell's most frequent co-authors are Boni E. Elewski, Mark Gabriel Lebwohl and Bruce E. Strober, MD.

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James Krell's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by James Krell

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

James M. Krell has worked on 8 clinical trials

Dmand AI links James Krell to 8 clinical trials, 4 of them phase 3 studies. Conditions studied include Psoriasis, Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous and Alopecia Areata. Eli Lilly and Company sponsors the most, 6. Open Payments lists research payments to James Krell that name 3 trials.

Clinical trials with James Krell by phase

  1. NonePhase 1: no trials
  2. 1Phase 2: 1 trial
  3. 4Phase 3: 4 trials
  4. NonePhase 4: no trials

Conditions in James Krell's trials

  • Psoriasis
  • Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous
  • Alopecia Areata
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing
  • Alopecia

Investigators on the most trials with James Krell

Recent clinical trials with James Krell

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Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

James M. Krell received $1,476,933 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 2,028 general payments to James Krell from 32 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 78% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $373,809. It also lists 17 research payments totaling $42,340 from 2016 to 2024, naming 3 clinical trials.

General payments to James Krell by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to James Krell by kind, 2016 to 2025

$1.5Min total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$1,137,18578%
  • Consulting fees$119,9358%
  • Travel and lodging$100,5247%
  • Food and beverage$38,8833%
  • Other$65,5404%

Companies that paid James Krell the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

James M. Krell graduated from Harvard Medical School

James Krell graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1989.

  1. Medical schoolHarvard Medical School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for James M. Krell's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is James M. Krell's NPI number?

James M. Krell's NPI number is 1932133659. It was assigned on July 10, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does James M. Krell specialize in?

James M. Krell is a dermatologist in Birmingham, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).

Where does James M. Krell practice?

James Krell practices at 2100 16th S Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205. James Krell's primary practice is Total Dermatology in Birmingham, Alabama. Dmand AI also links James Krell to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is James M. Krell's medical license number?

James Krell holds Alabama license 17253, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has James M. Krell been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for James Krell in Alabama and Georgia.

What medical group is James M. Krell part of?

James Krell is linked to Total Dermatology.

Does James M. Krell accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows James Krell billed Medicare for 5,674 services in 2024, and James Krell accepts Medicare assignment.

What is James M. Krell's MIPS score?

James Krell's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does James M. Krell see?

CMS counts 1,055 Medicare patients who saw James Krell in 2024, with an average age of 75.

What services does James M. Krell bill to Medicare?

In 2024, James Krell's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).

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Where did James M. Krell go to medical school?

James Krell graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1989.

What drugs does James M. Krell prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, James Krell's most prescribed drugs by claims were Betamethasone Dipropionate, Doxycycline Hyclate and Clobetasol Propionate.

Has James M. Krell received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,476,933 in general payments to James Krell from 32 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has James M. Krell been practicing?

James Krell graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

Does James M. Krell do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to James Krell. James Krell has worked on 8 clinical trials.

Who does James M. Krell publish with?

James Krell's most frequent co-authors are Boni E. Elewski (1 shared paper), Mark Gabriel Lebwohl (1 shared paper) and Bruce E. Strober, MD (1 shared paper).

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