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

Individual provider Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse · NPI 1508371352

James Stephen Hightower is registered under Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Memphis, Tennessee. Qualified in 2018, 8 years ago. Practices with American Anesthesiology of Tennessee PC, a 304-clinician group, works from 3 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Mississippi and Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
8
Licensed in
MS, TN
In the registry since
2017
Specialties on file
2
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Practice location Address checks out

6019 Walnut Grove Rd
Memphis, TN 38120
Phone: (901) 226-5000
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 1500 W Poplar Ave, Collierville, TN 38017-0601 — (901) 861-9000
  • 6225 Humphreys Blvd, Memphis, TN 38120-2373 — (901) 227-9000

Specialties & licences

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (primary) Taxonomy 367500000X · Licence 24379 (TN)
Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse Taxonomy 163WC0200X · Licence 891288 (MS)

Record details

NPI number1508371352
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedDecember 1, 2017
Last updated in NPPESJuly 10, 2018

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyCERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA)
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2018 (8 years in practice)
Group practice American Anesthesiology Of Tennessee Pc — 304 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 patients196
Services billed 280 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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 $127 4 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.

Colleagues at American Anesthesiology of Tennessee PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 304 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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