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

Individual provider Dermatology Physician · NPI 1932133659

Dr. James Krell practises Dermatology in Birmingham, Alabama. Graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1989, 37 years ago. Practices with Total Skin and Beauty Dermatology Center, PC, a 13-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama and Georgia.

Years since qualifying
37
Trained at
Harvard Medical School
Licensed in
AL, GA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
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Practice location Address checks out

1927 1st Ave N Ste 200
Birmingham, AL 35203-4050
Phone: (205) 933-0987
Fax: (205) 930-1758
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Specialties & licences

Dermatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence 17253 (AL)
Dermatology Physician Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence 33617 (GA)

Record details

NPI number1932133659
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 10, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 22, 2024
Certification dateJanuary 22, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Medical schoolHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 1989 (37 years in practice)
Group practice Total Skin And Beauty Dermatology Center, Pc — 13 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 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.

Removal of skin lesions 2,201 times · 98th percentile
Skin biopsy 555 times · 96th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 133 times · 95th percentile
Removal or shaving of skin growth 188 times · 89th percentile
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 patients1,055
Services billed 5,953 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $95,652 41 payments
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $13,718 4 payments
Travel and Lodging $9,295 19 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Consulting Fee $4,725 1 payment
Food and Beverage $3,863 140 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $95 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

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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Colleagues at Total Skin and Beauty Dermatology Center, PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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