Dr. James D. Foster, MD

Dr. Foster practices at Palomar Medical Center Escondido in Escondido, California.

Dr. Foster's NPI, 1699781955, was assigned on July 31, 2006. Dr. Foster graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine in 1996. Dr. Foster holds California license A63021.

Dr. Foster's primary practice is Palomar Medical Center Escondido, at 2185 Citracado Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92029 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (442) 281-5000.

Dr. Foster's primary practice is Palomar Medical Center Escondido in Escondido, California. Dr. Foster is also affiliated with Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido. The medical group on file is Vituity. Dmand AI also links Dr. Foster to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Foster practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Foster's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Foster is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Foster's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Hawaii.

CMS data shows 415 Medicare services from Dr. Foster across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 287 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $36,658 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 287 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Foster in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 92 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 39% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.05, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Foster's median patient age at 56, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Foster wrote 215 Medicare Part D claims for 145 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 92 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,330 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 90 claims across 6 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Foster for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Foster accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Foster, published from 2013 to 2018. 2018 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Dopamine and Glucose-6-Phosphatase. Dr. Foster has published most often in J Biol Chem.

Dr. Foster graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine in 1996.

Dr. Foster is in network with 4 carriers, including Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, United Healthcare and CMS Medicare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.