James Michael Wages Jr., M.D.

Primary specialty

Interventional Pain Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 208VP0014X

License

345041 Issued in LA

Practice address

8731 Park Plaza Dr
Shreveport, LA 71105-5682

Phone

(318) 797-5848

Fax

(318) 797-5844

NPI assigned

Jun 30, 2010

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 5

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Mike Wages Other name

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX, LA2 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 2

Specialty

Pain ManagementAlso: Anesthesiology

Education

University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Arklatex Medical Consultants a Medical CorporationGroup PAC ID 5597001099, 16 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Christus St Michael Health System Hospital, Texarkana, TX, CCN 450801

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as individual

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: james.wages.p1@direct.precisionspinecare.nextgenshare.com
• FHIR API: https://fhir.nextgen.com/nge/prod/fhir-api-r4/fhir/r4/
• Direct secure messaging: james.wagesmd.p2@direct.precisionspinecare.nextgenshare.com
• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/BCHDDD

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.

• Arklatex Medical Consultants a Medical Corporation

  dba Rapid Orthopaedic Care

  • Interventional Pain Medicine Physician
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1710466628
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Park Plaza Anesthesia Associates, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1093335705
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Charles R Gordon MD PA

  dba Precision Spine Care

  • Neurological Surgery Physician
  • Tyler, TX
  • NPI 1982717955

  Pain Medicine

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Texarkana Pain Institute

  • Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
  • Texarkana, TX
  • NPI 1659189983
  NPD Authorized official
• Arklatex Medical Consultants a Medical Corporation

  dba River Cities Interventional Pain Specialists

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1225871700

  Anesthesiology

  NPD
• Charles R Gordon MD PA

  dba Precision Spine Care

  • Interventional Pain Medicine Physician
  • Lufkin, TX
  • NPI 1720513328
  NPD
• Precision Surgery Center, LLC.

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Texarkana, TX
  • NPI 1669959151
  NPD (past)

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

• Christus Health Ark-la-Tex

  dba Christus St. Michael Health System

  • General Practice Physician
  • Texarkana, TX
  • NPI 1184623266

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Christus Health Ark-la-Tex

  dba CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Texarkana, TX
  • NPI 1295736734
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "SHREVEPORT",
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• Sharon Waggoner, MSW
• Catherine C Wagner, CRNA
• Diane Brown Wagner, MD
• Elizabeth Hansen Wagner, PT, DPT

• Interventional Pain Medicine Physician in Shreveport, LA
• Providers in Shreveport, LA by specialty
• Interventional Pain Medicine Physician in Louisiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 23, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.