Dr. James Frederick Smith, MD

Dr. Smith practices at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health.

Dr. Smith's NPI, 1881684256, was assigned on October 26, 2005. Dr. Smith graduated from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport in 1987. Dr. Smith holds Louisiana license MD.019480.

Dr. Smith's primary practice is CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center, at 1453 E Bert Kouns Industrial Drive, Shreveport, LA 71105 in Caddo Parish. The practice phone is (318) 681-5000.

Dr. Smith's primary practice is CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health. Dr. Smith is also affiliated with Willis Knighton North. The medical group on file is Advanced Cardiovascular Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Smith to 2 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

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

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Smith's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Smith is licensed in Louisiana.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease and chronic embolism thrombosis among the conditions Dr. Smith treats.

CMS data shows 6,354 Medicare services from Dr. Smith across 30 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,591 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $340,773 for them.

CMS counts 1,591 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Smith in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 705 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Smith's median patient age at 75, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Smith wrote 10,332 Medicare Part D claims for 1,186 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 10,051 of them, across 73 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,593,472 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 9,304 claims across 70 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Dr. Smith for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Smith accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 48 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Smith, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 612 general payments to Dr. Smith from 49 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 41% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $21,787.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Smith, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Smith graduated from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport in 1987.

Dr. Smith is in network with 13 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.