James Michael Ward IV, ARNP

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

3011319 Issued in KY

Practice address

38 Broadway St
Dry Ridge, KY 41035-9762

Phone

(859) 300-0694

NPI assigned

Apr 25, 2018

Last updated

Aug 4, 2025By the provider in NPPES

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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in OH, KY2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Mercy Health Urgent Care LLCGroup PAC ID 6406232230, 67 clinicians

Fast Pace Kentucky, PLLCGroup PAC ID 0143525998, 213 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Mercy Health - West Hospital Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, CCN 360234

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jward2476965@direct.bsmhealth.org

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

• Fast Pace Kentucky PLLC

  dba Fast Pace Urgent Care

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Franklin, KY
  • NPI 1457716706
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Mercy Health Urgent Care LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Milford, OH
  • NPI 1588390942
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Upperline Healthcare, PC

  • Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
  • Hoover, AL
  • NPI 1538686498

  KY

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• CG Medical Associates Inc

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Cincinnati, OH
  • NPI 1982903951
  Medicare reassignment
• Fast Pace Kentucky, PLLC

  dba Fast Pace Health

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Spindale, NC
  • NPI 1942027891
  NPD
• Upperline Healthcare, PC

  • Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
  • Ocoee, FL
  • NPI 1326906843
  NPD

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

• Mercy Health - West Hospital LLC

  dba Mercy Health - West Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cincinnati, OH
  • NPI 1912007931
  Care Compare affiliation
• Mercy Health - West Hospital LLC

  dba Mercy Health - West Hospital

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Cincinnati, OH
  • NPI 1982728036

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "last_updated_epoch": "1754265600000",
    "number": "1508354689",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1064 STATE ROUTE 28 STE F",
            "city": "MILFORD",
            "state": "OH",
            "postal_code": "451504940",
            "telephone_number": "513-981-4050",
            "fax_number": "513-322-4859"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "38 BROADWAY ST",
            "city": "DRY RIDGE",
            "state": "KY",
            "postal_code": "410359762",
            "telephone_number": "859-300-0694"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "7683 Mall Rd Unit B",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Florence",
            "state": "KY",
            "postal_code": "410421590",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "859-817-1320",
            "fax_number": "859-817-0217",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        },
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            "city": "Milford",
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        }
    ],
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        "credential": "ARNP",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2018-04-25",
        "last_updated": "2025-08-04",
        "certification_date": "2025-08-04",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "license": "020871",
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        },
        {
            "code": "363LF0000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Family",
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    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

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• Family Nurse Practitioner in Dry Ridge, KY
• Providers in Dry Ridge, KY by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Kentucky

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 4, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.