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James Michael Tatum, M.D.

NPI 1114204666ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Long Beach, CA

Surgery (M.D.) in Long Beach, California, trained at University of Washington School of Medicine (class of 2010). Medicare paid $22,919 for services to 130 patients in 2024. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $1,542 in all, mostly education.

Overview

NPI1114204666
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedNov 11, 2011
Last updated in NPPESSep 26, 2023

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000XA117856CA
Surgery, Surgical Critical Care2086S0102XA117856CA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (CA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients130
Services billed206 across 34 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$22,919

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of Washington School of Medicine
Graduation year2010
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical groups

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$1,542 · 2 payments from 2 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.$1,5001
Kerecis Limited$41.641

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Education$1,500 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$41.64 · 1 payment

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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