Dr. James Keith Palma, MD

Dr. Palma practices at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center in Chesapeake, Virginia, part of City of Chesapeake, VA.

Dr. Palma's NPI, 1700866357, was assigned on January 19, 2006. Dr. Palma graduated from Uniformed Services UHS Fe Hebert School of Med in 2000. Dr. Palma holds Virginia license 0101231735.

Dr. Palma's primary practice is Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, at 736 Battlefield Blvd, North, Chesapeake, VA 23320 in Chesapeake City. The practice phone is (757) 312-8121.

Dr. Palma's primary practice is Chesapeake Regional Medical Center in Chesapeake, Virginia, part of City of Chesapeake, VA. The medical group on file is Chesapeake Emergency Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palma to 2 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Emergency medicine is Dr. Palma's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Palma is licensed in Virginia.

CMS data shows 952 Medicare services from Dr. Palma across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 834 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $112,770 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 834 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palma in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 292 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.83, 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. Palma's median patient age at 49, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Palma wrote 1,007 Medicare Part D claims for 390 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 808 of them, across 24 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,276 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 534 claims across 18 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Palma in 2015. 2015 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Ultrasonography and Point-of-Care Systems. Dr. Palma has published most often in Mil Med. Dr. Palma's most frequent co-authors are Adrianna Isabel Kyle, DO, Jonathan David Auten, DO and Patrick Engelbert, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Palma from 5 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $211.

Dr. Palma graduated from Uniformed Services UHS Fe Hebert School of Med in 2000.