James Walton Nichols, MD

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X

License

14178R Issued in LA

Practice address

One St Mary Place
Shreveport, LA 71101

Phone

(318) 681-4500

Fax

(318) 681-4177

NPI assigned

Jun 6, 2006

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 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN, MS, AR, FL4 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 4

Specialty

Emergency Medicine

Education

University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 1998

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Cep America LLCGroup PAC ID 6608056171, 995 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Sacred Heart Hospital Hospital, Pensacola, FL, CCN 100025

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

87.3 of 100Reported as group

Quality

70.94

Improvement activities

40

Cost

92.94

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Cep America, LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Miramar Beach, FL
  • NPI 1295442614
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Emergency Coverage, LLC

  dba Emergency Coverage Corporation of TeamHealth

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Newport, TN
  • NPI 1427005008

  Emergency Medicine

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Southeastern Emergency Physicians LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Maysville, KY
  • NPI 1356379382

  AR, MS, TN

  Medicare reassignment
• Cep America LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • NPI 1043907033
  NPD
• Cep America LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • NPI 1700747946
  NPD
• Acute Care Specialists, Inc.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1447294640
  NPD (past)
• T M Carr MD PC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Dyersburg, TN
  • NPI 1992706097
  NPD (past)

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

• Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

  dba Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1922032424
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "9855 NORRIS FERRY RD",
            "city": "SHREVEPORT",
            "state": "LA",
            "postal_code": "71106",
            "telephone_number": "318-798-3391"
        },
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            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "state": "LA",
            "postal_code": "71101",
            "telephone_number": "318-681-4500",
            "fax_number": "318-681-4177"
        }
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        "first_name": "JAMES",
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        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-06-06",
        "last_updated": "2026-07-13",
        "certification_date": "2025-11-12",
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}

• Vinh Nguyen, M.D.
• Heather Ruth Nicholls, SLP
• Timothy A Nicholls, MD
• Briana Nichols
• Catherine Stewart Nichols, MD
• Latosha D'Ann Nichols, APRN-CNP
• Marilyn Nichols, LPN
• Morgan Nichols, LMSW
• Perry Duane Nichols, FNP
• Barney Mathews Nicholson Jr., MD

• Emergency Medicine Physician in Shreveport, LA
• Providers in Shreveport, LA by specialty
• Emergency Medicine Physician in Louisiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 13, 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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