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James Joseph Butz, M.D.

NPI 1689100349ActiveIndividual· Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)· Loma Linda, CA

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (M.D.) in Loma Linda, California, licensed in CA, with an NPI issued in May 2017. Part D covered 124 prescriptions written in 2024, 96% of them generic. Davol Inc. was the largest of 5 companies reporting payments in 2025, $397.30 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1689100349
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMay 2, 2017
Last updated in NPPESOct 5, 2026
Certified by providerOct 5, 2026

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Primary208G00000XA177116CA

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 - Thoracic Surgery (CA); Practitioner - Vascular Surgery (MN)

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)124 · 138 30-day fills
Patients26
Total drug cost$831.46
Generic share96% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$397.30 · 6 payments from 5 companies
  • 2024$3,756 · 37 payments from 7 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Davol Inc.$145.271
Ethicon US, LLC$117.871
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation$90.642
Abiomed$28.641
Abbott Laboratories$14.881

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$397.30 · 6 payments

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

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