Dr. James Christopher Sheppard, MD

Dr. Sheppard practices at MAP at Fluker St. in Thomson, Georgia.

Dr. Sheppard's NPI, 1528075835, was assigned on August 1, 2006. Dr. Sheppard graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Sheppard holds Georgia license 047993.

Dr. Sheppard's primary practice is MAP at Fluker St., at 315 Fluker St, Thomson, GA 30824. The practice phone is (706) 790-4440.

Dr. Sheppard's primary practice is MAP at Fluker St. in Thomson, Georgia. Dr. Sheppard is also affiliated with Piedmont McDuffie. The medical group on file is Athletico Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sheppard to 2 more hospitals, 3 home health agencies, 2 hospices, 2 medical groups, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 skilled nursing facility, each named with a free account. Dr. Sheppard's employer is on file too: a community health center (fqhc).

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sheppard practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Sheppard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Sheppard is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 1,622 Medicare services from Dr. Sheppard across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 276 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $31,348 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 276 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sheppard in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 116 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.45, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sheppard's median patient age at 66, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sheppard wrote 32,459 Medicare Part D claims for 1,043 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 31,508 of them, across 257 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,298,252 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 22,888 claims across 227 drugs.

Dr. Sheppard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

CMS Open Payments shows 311 general payments to Dr. Sheppard from 40 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $953.

Dr. Sheppard graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 1998.