Dr. James Ream Whittum, MD

Dr. Whittum practices at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, Oregon, part of Good Shepherd Health Care System.

Dr. Whittum's NPI, 1750321089, was assigned on June 7, 2006. Dr. Whittum graduated from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Whittum holds Oregon license MD194739.

Dr. Whittum's primary practice is Good Shepherd Medical Center, at 610 NW 11th Street, Hermiston, OR 97838 in Umatilla County. The practice phone is (541) 667-3400.

Dr. Whittum's primary practice is Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, Oregon, part of Good Shepherd Health Care System. Dr. Whittum is also affiliated with CHI St. Anthony Hospital. The medical group on file is Good Shepherd Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Whittum to 1 more clinical lab and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Whittum's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Whittum's licenses on file in 2 states: Oregon and Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 20 Medicare services from Dr. Whittum across 1 procedure code in 2024, for 25 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,634 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 25 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Whittum in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 13 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 68% have arthritis. 44% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.52, 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. Whittum's median patient age at 69, with 65% women.

In 2024, Dr. Whittum wrote 167 Medicare Part D claims for 67 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 114 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $865 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 34 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 78 out of 100 for Dr. Whittum for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Whittum accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 18 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Whittum, more than 50% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 77 general payments to Dr. Whittum from 3 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $5,107.

Dr. Whittum graduated from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in 1989.