Dr. James M. Church, MD

  • New York, NY
  • Colorectal surgeon
NPI1487698726
Medicare services, 2021
66
Medicare patients, 2024
12
Part D claims, 2021
112
Publications
347
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
622 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032
Practice phone
Call (212) 297-4255
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Primary practice

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, New York

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Dr. James M. Church is a colorectal surgeon in New York, New York

Dr. Church practices at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, New York.

Dr. Church's NPI, 1487698726, was assigned on June 16, 2006. Dr. Church graduated from University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1973. Dr. Church holds New York license 312219.

NPI and contact details
NPI enumeration date
June 16, 2006
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(212) 297-4255
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
76
Medical school graduation
1973

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. James M. Church practices at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, New York

Dr. Church's primary practice is Columbia University Irving Medical Center, at 622 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 in New York County. The practice phone is (212) 297-4255.

  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    622 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 · New York CountyPhone(212) 297-4255

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. James M. Church is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Church's primary practice is Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, New York. The medical group on file is ColumbiaDoctors. Dmand AI also links Dr. Church to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Columbia University Irving Medical CenterNew York, New YorkPrimary
ColumbiaDoctorsPrimary care group, Fort Lee, NJ1 group practice or clinicName with a free account
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. James M. Church's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Columbia University Irving Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. James M. Church is one of 179 colorectal surgeons in New York

Colon and rectal surgery is Dr. Church's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208C00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Church's licenses on file in 4 states: New York, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Colon and rectal surgery, New YorkPrimaryLicense 312219 · 2021 to 2027 · taxonomy 208C00000X
  • Ohio license1985 to 2021
  • Illinois license2003 to 2008
  • Michigan license2003 to 2007

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists colonoscopy among the conditions Dr. Church treats.

Colorectal surgeons near Dr. Church

Counts of colorectal surgeons 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

Dr. James M. Church billed Medicare for 66 services in 2021

CMS data shows 66 Medicare services from Dr. Church across 3 procedure codes in 2021, for 12 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,726 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202166
Medicare patients12
Paid by Medicare$3,726
Procedure codes3

Dr. Church's Medicare services by type, 2020 to 2021

  • 2020
  • 2021
Other services
2020: 2132021: 3086%
Surgery
2020: 1622021: 2286%
Office and hospital visits
2020: 812021: 1483%

Dr. Church compared with the New York median for colorectal surgeons, 2021

  • Dr. Church
  • New York median
Medicare services
66vs 22270% below
Medicare patients
12vs 13391% below
Part D claims
112vs 382.9 times

Medians across 172 colorectal surgeons in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Church's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2021

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

Dr. James M. Church treated 12 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 12 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Church in 2024. Their average risk score is 1.21, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Church's median patient age at 47, with 35% women.

Medicare patients, 202412
Average age69
Average risk score1.21

Dr. Church's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 47

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women35%
  • Men65%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. James M. Church wrote 112 Medicare Part D claims in 2021

In 2021, Dr. Church wrote 112 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 5 drugs, with $6,675 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 523 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 2021112
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$6,675

Dr. Church's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2021

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2020 to 2021

  • 2020
  • 2021
Claims for drugs CMS names
2020: 5232021: 11279%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2021, 13 in 2020.

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Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026

Dr. James M. Church scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Church for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

Dr. Church's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 85.3of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. James M. Church has 347 publications on record

Dmand AI links 347 papers to Dr. Church, published from 2004 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 12. The most frequent topics are Adenomatous Polyposis Coli, Colorectal Neoplasms and Colonoscopy. Dr. Church has published most often in Dis Colon Rectum. Dr. Church's most frequent co-authors are Matthew F. Kalady, MD, Feza H. Remzi, MD and Tracy L. Hull, MD.

Papers347
Years published2004 to 2025

Dr. Church's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Church writes about most

  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Colonoscopy
  • Proctocolectomy, Restorative
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Colectomy
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis

Dr. Church's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Church

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. James M. Church has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Church to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Adenomatous Polyposis Coli and Intestinal Polyposis.

Conditions in Dr. Church's trials

  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
  • Intestinal Polyposis

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Church

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Church

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. James M. Church received $3,180 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 27 general payments to Dr. Church from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. paid the most, $1,342.

General payments to Dr. Church by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Church by kind, 2016 to 2025

$3.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,86058%
  • Consulting fees$1,32042%

Companies that paid Dr. Church the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. James M. Church has 39 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 39 awards for Dr. Church, most recently America's Top Doctors in 2016.

Awards and honors for Dr. Church

  1. 2016
    • America's Top Doctors
    • America's Top Doctors for Cancer
  2. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
    • Compassionate Doctors Award
  3. 2011
    • ACG Fellow
    • America’s Top Doctors for Cancer
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Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. James M. Church graduated from University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Dr. Church graduated from University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1973. Dr. Church is a member of ACG, ACS, ASCRS, Collaborative Group of the Americas for hereditary Colorectal Cancer and International Society for Gastrointestinal hereditary Tumors.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Dr. James M. Church accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Church is in network with 13 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Church accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare9
  2. PPO8
  3. HMO5
  4. Medicaid5
  5. EPO4
  6. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. James M. Church's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. James M. Church's NPI number?

Dr. James M. Church's NPI number is 1487698726. It was assigned on June 16, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. James M. Church?

Dr. James M. Church is a colorectal surgeon in New York, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208C00000X).

Where does Dr. James M. Church practice?

Dr. Church practices at 622 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032. Dr. Church's primary practice is Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Church to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. James M. Church's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Church is (212) 297-4255.

What is Dr. James M. Church's medical license number?

Dr. Church holds New York license 312219, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. James M. Church been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Church in New York (2021 to 2027), Ohio (1985 to 2021), Illinois (2003 to 2008) and Michigan (2003 to 2007).

What medical group is Dr. James M. Church part of?

Dr. Church is linked to ColumbiaDoctors.

Does Dr. James M. Church accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Church billed Medicare for 66 services in 2021.

What is Dr. James M. Church's MIPS score?

Dr. Church's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. James M. Church see?

CMS counts 12 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Church in 2024, with an average age of 69.

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What services does Dr. James M. Church bill to Medicare?

In 2021, Dr. Church's most billed Medicare services were medicare service (G0500), surgery: digestive system (45380) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. James M. Church go to medical school?

Dr. Church graduated from University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1973.

What drugs does Dr. James M. Church prescribe most?

In 2021 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Church's most prescribed drugs by claims were Loperamide, Lactated Ringers and Diphenoxylate-Atropine.

Has Dr. James M. Church received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,180 in general payments to Dr. Church from 14 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

How long has Dr. James M. Church been practicing?

Dr. Church graduated from medical school in 1973, 53 years ago.

Does Dr. James M. Church do research?

Dmand AI links 347 publications to Dr. Church, published from 2004 to 2025. Dr. Church has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. James M. Church publish with?

Dr. Church's most frequent co-authors are Matthew F. Kalady, MD (63 shared papers), Feza H. Remzi, MD (24 shared papers) and Tracy L. Hull, MD (22 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. James M. Church accept?

Dr. Church is in network with 13 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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