James Robert Wharton, MD

Primary specialty

Dermatology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207N00000X

License

50543 Issued in KY

Practice address

2195 Harrodsburg Rd Ste 2
Lexington, KY 40504-3516

Phone

(859) 323-3376

Fax

(859) 323-0350

NPI assigned

Feb 22, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in KY

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 1

Specialty

Dermatology

Education

University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 1994

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Vitalskin Medical Group Il PLLCGroup PAC ID 5991116261, 56 clinicians

Modern Dermatology of Kentucky LLCGroup PAC ID 5496166308, 14 clinicians

Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, IncGroup PAC ID 5698689909, 949 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• University of Kentucky Hospital Hospital, Lexington, KY, CCN 180067

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

86.38 of 100Reported as individual

Quality

83.97

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jwharton@vitalskinderm.emadirect.md

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.

• Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1326091448
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Modern Dermatology of Kentucky LLC

  • Dermatology Physician
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1699382507
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Vitalskin Medical Group Il PLLC

  • Dermatology Physician
  • New Albany, IN
  • NPI 1477297083

  KY

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University of Kentucky

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1770771974
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Northwest Dermatology Clinic, P.a.

  • Dermatopathology Physician
  • Springdale, AR
  • NPI 1366490997

  Dermatology

  NPD (past) Authorized official
• Vitalskin Medical Group Il PLLC

  • Dermatology Physician
  • Mattoon, IL
  • NPI 1063030252
  NPD
• Kentucky Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic, PSC

  • Specialist
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1831310390

  Dermatology

  NPD (past)
• D. Wayne Brooks, M.D., P.a.

  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
  • Springdale, AR
  • NPI 1134205271
  NPD (past)
• Edward E. Rotan, Jr., MD, P.a.

  • Dermatology Physician
  • Arlington, TX
  • NPI 1134358534
  NPD (past)

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

• University of Kentucky

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1518911338
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Mara Elizabeth Whalen, LCSW
• Matthew Carter Whalen, DPT
• Dennis R Whaley, M.D.
• Derek Robert Whaley, CRNA
• Tansy Ridgeway Whaley, P.T.
• Marsha Kay Wheatley, M.ED
• Wheeler Pharmacy Inc
• Wheeler Pharmacy Inc (Wheeler's Home Connection LTC)
• Andrew M Wheeler, RD, LD
• Cassandra Wynn Wheeler, APRN

• Dermatology Physician in Lexington, KY
• Providers in Lexington, KY by specialty
• Dermatology Physician in Kentucky

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 28, 2025; 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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