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

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1922014133

James E Drost, MD is registered under Family Practice in Yoakum, Texas. Graduated from Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine in 1983, 43 years ago. Practices with Yoakum Community Hospital, a 9-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
43
Trained at
Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2006
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

1200 Carl Ramert Dr Ste D
Yoakum, TX 77995-4868
Phone: (361) 293-7061
Fax: (361) 293-6556
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence G5001 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1922014133
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 31, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 25, 2021
Certification dateJanuary 25, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1983 (43 years in practice)
Group practice Yoakum Community Hospital — 9 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
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.

Skin biopsy 23 times · 64th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 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 patients435
Services billed 2,892 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 $198 10 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, 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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Practises at

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

Also affiliated with 1 nursing home, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Yoakum Community Hospital

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

Other providers in Yoakum