James M. Krell
- 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
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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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
- 1932133659NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4789604356
- NPI enumeration date
- July 10, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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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 Dermatology2100 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.
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
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where James Krell practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Total Dermatology | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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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, AlabamaPrimary
- Georgia license
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.
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.
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
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis52%
- Ischemic heart disease26%
- Diabetes25%
- Chronic kidney disease24%
- Atrial fibrillation18%
- Mood disorders18%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
James Krell's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
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.
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.
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.
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
- NonePhase 1: no trials
- 1Phase 2: 1 trial
- 4Phase 3: 4 trials
- 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
- Aida M. Lugo-Somolinos, MD6 shared trials
- Michael Bukhalo, MD4 shared trials
- Nathaniel Charter Cevasco, MD4 shared trials
Recent clinical trials with James Krell
Safety and Effectiveness of Live Zoster Vaccine in Anti-TNF Users (VERVE Trial) (opens in a new tab)
A Study of Baricitinib (LY3009104) in Adults With Severe or Very Severe Alopecia Areata (opens in a new tab)
Study of Ixekizumab (LY2439821) in Children 6 to Less Than 18 Years With Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis (opens in a new tab)
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
- 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.
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.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile 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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