James L Nielsen, MD

Primary specialty

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) PhysicianTaxonomy code 208G00000X

License

ME65879 Issued in FL

Practice address

5147 N 9TH Ave Ste 318
Pensacola, FL 32504-8710

Phone

(850) 416-2965

Fax

(850) 416-1833

NPI assigned

Jul 27, 2005

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL, IA, TX, WI, CO, ND6 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 6

Specialty

Thoracic SurgeryAlso: Cardiac Surgery

Education

Other, 1986

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Sanford Medical Center FargoGroup PAC ID 8426967803, 1,210 clinicians

Sacred Heart Health System IncGroup PAC ID 3779491386, 373 clinicians

Lee Health System IncGroup PAC ID 9335672146, 1,381 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Trilogy Home Healthcare Home health agency, Estero, FL, CCN 108173
• Lee Memorial Hospital Hospital, Fort Myers, FL, CCN 100012
• Cape Coral Hospital Hospital, Cape Coral, FL, CCN 100244
• Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health Hospital, Fort Myers, FL, CCN 100220

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations (25 of 27)

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network
• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/EGIFBA
• Direct secure messaging: jnielsen473150@direct.leememorial.org
• Direct secure messaging: him@marshfieldclinichealthsystem.cernerdirect.com
• Direct secure messaging: james.nielsen@marshfieldclinichealthsystem.cernerdirect.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Lee Health System Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • NPI 1942058557
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

  dba Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart

  • Ambulatory Family Planning Facility
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1962453308
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Sanford Medical Center Fargo

  dba Sanford 1717 Medical Building

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • West Fargo, ND
  • NPI 1184917924
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Florida Hospital Physician Group Inc

  dba AdventHealth Medical Group

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tampa, FL
  • NPI 1174955256
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Halifax Healthcare Systems Inc

  dba HHCSI Halifax Family Health Center

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Daytona Beach, FL
  • NPI 1245283530
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Christus Trinity Clinic Texas

  dba Christus Trinity Clinic

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tyler, TX
  • NPI 1285684225
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• J. Mark Morales, M.D., PA

  • Specialist
  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • NPI 1225168784
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Marshfield Clinic Inc

  dba Marshfield Clinic Florida Teleradiology/Telehealth

  • Clinic/Center
  • Marshfield, WI
  • NPI 1952347981
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• MCHS Hospitals Inc

  dba Marshfield Medical Center

  • Clinic/Center
  • Marshfield, WI
  • NPI 1093221434
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Poudre Valley Medical Group, LLC

  dba UCHealth Medical Group

  • General Practice Physician
  • Loveland, CO
  • NPI 1225356868

  Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• St. Luke's Methodist Hospital

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Cedar Rapids, IA
  • NPI 1073553939
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ohi West Medical Group, LLC

  dba Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Medical Group

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • St Petersburg, FL
  • NPI 1518572551
  Medicare reassignment

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Bridges Home Health Inc.

  dba Trilogy Home Healthcare

  • Home Health Agency
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • NPI 1376517862
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lee Health System Inc

  dba Gulf Coast Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • NPI 1366281750
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lee Health System Inc

  dba Lee Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • NPI 1427806025
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lee Health System Inc

  dba Cape Coral Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cape Coral, FL
  • NPI 1780429076
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "city": "JACKSONVILLE",
            "state": "FL",
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            "city": "Texarkana",
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            "address_1": "1000 N Oak Ave",
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• Kristine Nicholson, RDH
• Peggy Y Nickelsen, LMHC
• Edward Joseph Nieberlein, DMD
• Melissa Winslett Niederlehner, MSSW
• Bryant Anthony Nieto, M.D.
• Mario Alexander Nievas, CRNA
• Edmara Nieves-Cruz, M.D.
• Maria Niitepold
• Nilssen Orthopedics P a

• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Pensacola, FL
• Providers in Pensacola, FL by specialty
• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 3, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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