James F. French, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

34147 Issued in MS

Practice address

149 Drinkwater Rd
Bay St Louis, MS 39520-1658

Phone

(228) 467-2837

NPI assigned

Jun 1, 2006

Last updated

Feb 18, 2026By 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 4

Addresses

Other identifiers 3

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IA, ME, KS, MS4 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

Internal MedicineAlso: Hospitalist

Education

Other, 1999

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills LLCGroup PAC ID 9032587472, 46 clinicians

Ochsner Mississippi, LLCGroup PAC ID 0143580993, 98 clinicians

Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical FoundationGroup PAC ID 8729992318, 1,254 clinicians

Lawrence Physicians LLCGroup PAC ID 1951623834, 223 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• St Lukes Regional Medical Center Hospital, Sioux City, IA, CCN 160146
• LMH Hospital, Lawrence, KS, CCN 170137
• Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills, LLC Hospital, Junction City, KS, CCN 170074
• Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock Hospital, Bay Saint Louis, MS, CCN 250162
• Horn Memorial Hospital Hospital, Ida Grove, IA, CCN 161354
• Lawrence Memorial Hospital SNF Nursing home, Lawrence, KS, CCN 175151

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

0 of 100Reported as group

Quality

0

Promoting interoperability

0

Improvement activities

0

Cost

0

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: james.french@direct.lmh.org
• Direct secure messaging: jfrench2306873@direct.ochsner.org
• Direct secure messaging: jfrench313225@direct.nortonhealthcare.org
• Direct secure messaging: jfrench837061@direct.unitypoint.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.

• Ochsner Mississippi, LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Bay Saint Louis, MS
  • NPI 1538674239
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lawrence Physicians LLC

  dba LMH Hospitalist Physicians

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Lawrence, KS
  • NPI 1841607090
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills LLC

  dba Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Junction City, KS
  • NPI 1447968128

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation

  dba UnityPoint Clinic

  • General Practice Physician
  • West Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1366425274
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Amberwell Atchison Association

  dba Amberwell Atchison

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Atchison, KS
  • NPI 1932151487
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• City of Caribou

  dba Cary Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Caribou, ME
  • NPI 1780615492
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Pines Health Services

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Caribou, ME
  • NPI 1942277819
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ochsner Mississippi, LLC

  dba Ochsner Urgent Care & Occupational Health - Diamondhead

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Diamondhead, MS
  • NPI 1316662059
  NPD
• Ochsner Mississippi, LLC

  dba Ochsner Specialty Health Center - Madison

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Madison, MS
  • NPI 1356836118
  NPD
• Community Medical Associates, Inc.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1588614994
  NPD
• Community Medical Associates, Inc.

  dba Norton Emergency Medicine

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1679275440

  Internal Medicine

  NPD
• Community Medical Associates, Inc.

  dba Norton Community Medical Associates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Louisville, KY
  • NPI 1881192409
  NPD

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

• Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock LLC

  dba Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Bay Saint Louis, MS
  • NPI 1588629968
  Care Compare affiliation
• Ida County Iowa Community Hospital

  dba Horn Memorial Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Ida Grove, IA
  • NPI 1265461180
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lawrence Memorial Hospital

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Lawrence, KS
  • NPI 1124041108

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Lawrence Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lawrence, KS
  • NPI 1508883422
  Care Compare affiliation
• Northwest Iowa Hospital Corporation

  dba St Lukes Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Sioux City, IA
  • NPI 1962594622
  Care Compare affiliation
• Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills LLC

  dba Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Junction City, KS
  • NPI 1679280192
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Ethel W Hetrick PHD PLLC
• Keith M Everman, D.C.
• Meghan Flynt, LPC
• Maghan Foos, FNP-C
• Carol Sullivan Fraiser, LMSW
• Kirsten Shelby Furr
• Laura Gamboa
• Donald Lynn Graves III, MS, ATC, LAT
• Guardian Senior Care, Inc.
• Robert R Guenther, D.C.

• Internal Medicine Physician in Bay St Louis, MS
• Providers in Bay St Louis, MS by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in Mississippi

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 18, 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.