Dr. James Udell, MD

  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1770520827PAC ID2769413053
Medicare services, 2024
32,989
Medicare patients, 2024
506
Part D claims, 2024
2,357
Clinical trials
3
MIPS score, 2024
75
Practice address
7908 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19152
Practice phone
Call (215) 725-7400
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Arthritis Group

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Dr. James Udell is a rheumatologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Udell practices at Arthritis Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Udell's NPI, 1770520827, was assigned on May 31, 2006. Dr. Udell graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Udell holds Pennsylvania license MD026933E.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2769413053
NPI enumeration date
May 31, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(215) 725-7400
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
73
Medical school graduation
1979

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. James Udell practices at Arthritis Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Udell's primary practice is Arthritis Group, at 7908 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19152 in Philadelphia County. The practice phone is (215) 725-7400.

  • Arthritis Group
    7908 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19152 · Philadelphia CountyPhone(215) 725-7400

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

Dr. James Udell is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Udell's primary practice is Arthritis Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Udell is also affiliated with Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The medical group on file is Arthritis Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Udell to 4 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named 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 Udell's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Udell practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Arthritis GroupAvailable with a free account
+6 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. James Udell is one of 357 rheumatologists in Pennsylvania

Rheumatology is Dr. Udell's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Udell is licensed in Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense MD026933E · taxonomy 207RR0500X

Rheumatologists near Dr. Udell

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

Dr. James Udell billed Medicare for 32,989 services in 2024

CMS data shows 32,989 Medicare services from Dr. Udell across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 506 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $680,115 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202432,989
Medicare patients506
Paid by Medicare$680,115
Procedure codes17

Dr. Udell's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 35,0392024: 30,85212%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,3152024: 1,2882%
Tests and treatments
2023: 8252024: 61525%
Surgery
2023: 3542024: 23434%

Dr. Udell compared with the Pennsylvania median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Udell
  • Pennsylvania median
Medicare services
32,989vs 1,16528.3 times
Medicare patients
506vs 25698% above
Part D claims
2,215vs 1,19086% above

Medians across 340 rheumatologists in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Udell's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. James Udell treated 506 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 506 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Udell in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 240 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Udell's median patient age at 70, with 74% women.

Medicare patients, 2024506
Average age74
Average risk score1.37
Also on Medicaid9%

Dr. Udell's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Udell's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women36272%
  • Men14428%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Udell's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Osteoporosis54%
  5. Diabetes34%
  6. Ischemic heart disease30%
  7. Anxiety25%
  8. Mood disorders24%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Udell's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women74%
  • Men25%

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

Dr. James Udell wrote 2,357 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Udell wrote 2,357 Medicare Part D claims for 375 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,215 of them, across 25 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $763,497 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,151 claims across 26 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,357
Drugs named by CMS25
Total drug cost$763,497
Part D patients375

Dr. Udell's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,207 claims94%
  • Brand-name150 claims6%

Dr. Udell's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

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

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Udell's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids7%171 of 2,357 claims
  • Antibiotics0%11 of 2,357 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2,1512024: 2,2153%

Drugs named by CMS: 25 in 2024, 26 in 2023.

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

Dr. James Udell scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Udell for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Udell accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. James Udell has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Udell to 3 clinical trials, 3 of them phase 3 studies. Conditions studied include Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Rheumatic Diseases and Lymphoma, Follicular. R-Pharm International, LLC sponsors the most, 3.

Conditions in Dr. Udell's trials

  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid
  • Rheumatic Diseases
  • Lymphoma, Follicular

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Udell

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Udell

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

Dr. James Udell received $14,182 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 743 general payments to Dr. Udell from 39 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $2,063. It also lists 9 research payments totaling $1,203 in 2019.

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

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

$14.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$13,98299%
  • Education$1991%

Companies that paid Dr. Udell 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 Udell graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine

Dr. Udell graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine in 1979.

  1. Medical schoolDrexel University College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. James Udell'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)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. James Udell's NPI number?

Dr. James Udell's NPI number is 1770520827. It was assigned on May 31, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. James Udell?

Dr. James Udell is a rheumatologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. James Udell practice?

Dr. Udell practices at 7908 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19152. Dr. Udell's primary practice is Arthritis Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dmand AI also links Dr. Udell to 4 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. James Udell's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Udell is (215) 725-7400.

What is Dr. James Udell's medical license number?

Dr. Udell holds Pennsylvania license MD026933E.

Which hospitals is Dr. James Udell affiliated with?

Dr. Udell is affiliated with Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dmand AI links Dr. Udell to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. James Udell part of?

Dr. Udell is linked to Arthritis Group.

Does Dr. James Udell accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Udell billed Medicare for 32,989 services in 2024, and Dr. Udell accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. James Udell's MIPS score?

Dr. Udell's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. James Udell see?

CMS counts 506 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Udell in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. James Udell bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Udell's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1745), injected or infused drug (J1602) and injected or infused drug (J0897).

Where did Dr. James Udell go to medical school?

Dr. Udell graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine in 1979.

What drugs does Dr. James Udell prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Udell's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone, Methotrexate and Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate.

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

CMS Open Payments shows $14,182 in general payments to Dr. Udell from 39 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. James Udell been practicing?

Dr. Udell graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.

Does Dr. James Udell do research?

Dr. Udell has worked on 3 clinical trials.

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