Dr. James Brandon Watson, DO, MPH

Dr. Watson practices at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Hospital in Edgewood, Kentucky, part of Diocese of Covington.

Dr. Watson's NPI, 1629377148, was assigned on March 23, 2011. Dr. Watson holds Kentucky license 03861.

Dr. Watson's primary practice is St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Hospital, at 1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017 in Kenton County. The practice phone is (859) 301-2000.

Dr. Watson's primary practice is St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Hospital in Edgewood, Kentucky, part of Diocese of Covington. Dr. Watson is also affiliated with St. Elizabeth Healthcare Florence Hospital. The medical group on file is St. Elizabeth Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 1 more hospital and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Watson practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Dr. Watson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Watson is licensed in Kentucky.

CMS data shows 1,071 Medicare services from Dr. Watson across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 294 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $83,641 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 294 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 109 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.71, 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. Watson's median patient age at 76, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Watson wrote 429 Medicare Part D claims for 221 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 233 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $13,751 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 159 claims across 9 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Watson for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Watson, published from 2013 to 2023. 2013 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Inflammation and Interleukin-1. Dr. Watson's most frequent co-authors are Fadlallah G. Habr, MD, Eric J. Mao, MD and Gregory Michael Soares, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Watson from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $78.