Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Christopher Ryan James, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1790190700

Christopher Ryan James, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Palm Harbor, Florida. Qualified in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with Northsport Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation P C, a 40-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
14
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2014
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

37026 US Highway 19 N
Palm Harbor, FL 34684-1109
Phone: (727) 201-1007
Fax: (727) 937-7199
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Specialties & licences

Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0114X · Licence 036150329 (IL)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 036150329 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1790190700
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 27, 2014
Last updated in NPPESAugust 18, 2020
Certification dateAugust 18, 2020

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice Northsport Physical Therapy And Rehabilitation P C — 40 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Hip replacement 50 times · 87th percentile
Knee replacement 31 times · 65th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients561
Services billed 10,414 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $1,254 26 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $225 1 payment · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Morton Plant Hospital Hospital · Clearwater, FL · listed as Morton Plant Mease Hospital
  • Medical Services Of America Home Health Home health agency · Clearwater, FL · listed as Medical Services of America Inc
  • St Mark Village Nursing home · Palm Harbor, FL · listed as St Mark Village Inc
  • Adventhealth North Pinellas Hospital · Tarpon Springs, FL
  • Mease Countryside Hospital Hospital · Safety Harbor, FL
  • Mease Dunedin Hospital Hospital · Dunedin, FL
  • Enhabit Home Health Home health agency · Clearwater, FL

Colleagues at Northsport Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation P C

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 40 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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