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James Foote, MD

NPI 1255372504ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Grand Rapids, MI

Surgery (MD) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, trained at Wayne State University School of Medicine (class of 1996). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $14,230 for 40 patients in 2024, with only 39 Part D claims. Teleflex LLC was the largest of 6 companies reporting payments in 2025, $2,399 in all, mostly speaking and faculty fees.

Overview

NPI1255372504
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJun 9, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMar 15, 2021
Certified by providerMar 15, 2021

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000X4301068106MI

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

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

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients40
Services billed66 across 17 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$14,230

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)39 · 53 30-day fills
Patients21
Total drug cost$2,449
Generic share95% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolWayne State University School of Medicine
Graduation year1996
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery
TelehealthOffers telehealth

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$2,399 · 18 payments from 6 companies
  • 2024$14,853 · 27 payments from 4 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Teleflex LLC$1,0643
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.$1,0016
Mesh Suture Inc$142.142
Ethicon Inc.$125.011
Ethicon US, LLC$46.265

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$1,050 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$798.46 · 13 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$550.96 · 4 payments

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

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