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James C. Higham-Kessler, MD

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1003105636

James C. Higham-Kessler, MD practises Gastroenterology in Thornton, Colorado. Graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in 2011, 15 years ago. Practices with Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates, PLLC, a 38-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Colorado.

Years since qualifying
15
Trained at
Washington University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CO
In the registry since
2011
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

10001 N Washington St Uppr Level
Thornton, CO 80229
Phone: (303) 252-4442
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence 58776 (CO)

Record details

NPI number1003105636
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 5, 2011
Last updated in NPPESJune 29, 2017

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2011 (15 years in practice)
Group practice Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates, Pllc — 38 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Colonoscopy 122 times · 84th percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 142 times · 84th percentile

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 patients211
Services billed 294 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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 $918 46 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

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

Colleagues at Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates, PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 38 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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