Dr. James W. Russell, MD

Dr. Russell practices at Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia, part of Vandalia Health.

Dr. Russell's NPI, 1841371978, was assigned on October 17, 2006. Dr. Russell holds Maryland license D0065015.

Dr. Russell's primary practice is Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital, at 501 Morris Street, Charleston, WV 25301 in Kanawha County. The practice phone is (304) 388-5432.

Dr. Russell's primary practice is Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia, part of Vandalia Health. The medical group on file is Charleston Area Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Russell to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Russell practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurology is Dr. Russell's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Russell is licensed in Maryland.

CMS data shows 139 Medicare services from Dr. Russell across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 78 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $9,909 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 78 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Russell in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 40 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.50, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Russell's median patient age at 66, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. Russell wrote 382 Medicare Part D claims for 50 patients. 68% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 257 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $968,497 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 81 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Russell for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Russell accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 32 general payments to Dr. Russell from 14 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 84% of the total. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $225.