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Dr. James R. Bailey, MD

Orthopedic Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
7
In the NPI registry since
2019
Medicare patients seen, 2024
91

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2019Medical school: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
  • 2019Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician primary
    TN license 74013 · MS license 32638
  • Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
    MS license 32638 · TN license 74013

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Orthopedic Surgery per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
91
Services billed
91
Patients’ average age
75

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 2 companies reported 27 payments worth $16,860 in total to this clinician.

By type
Consulting Fee$7,830
Travel and Lodging$4,454
Grant$3,333
Food and Beverage$1,109
Education$134

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Dec 4, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Dec 4, 2025
Consulting Fee$4,060
Jan 21, 2025Smith+nephew, Inc.
Jan 21, 2025
Grant
Company’s descriptionEducational grant provided to Mississippi Sports Medicine Foundation
$3,333
Dec 4, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Dec 4, 2025
Consulting Fee$2,610
Dec 4, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Dec 4, 2025
Consulting Fee$1,160
Apr 24, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Orlando, FL · in-kind
$1,158
Apr 3, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind
$838
Oct 24, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Oct 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind
$579
Apr 9, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 9, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Las Vegas, NV · in-kind
$556
Feb 27, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Feb 27, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Overland Park, KS · in-kind
$404
Apr 24, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Orlando, FL · in-kind
$386
All 18 payments other than meals, newest first
All payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Dec 4, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Dec 4, 2025
Consulting Fee$4,060
Dec 4, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Dec 4, 2025
Consulting Fee$2,610
Dec 4, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Dec 4, 2025
Consulting Fee$1,160
Oct 24, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Oct 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind
$579
Oct 24, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Oct 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind
$35.00
Oct 20, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Oct 20, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Overland Park, KS · in-kind
$324
Jun 21, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Jun 21, 2025
Education
OXFORD PARTIAL KNEE · Knees · in-kind
Company’s descriptionOxford Partial Knee Instructional Course (FDA Required) Dallas 06.20.25 (EID78219)
$67.22
Jun 20, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Jun 20, 2025
Education
Oxford · Knees · in-kind
Company’s descriptionOxford Partial Knee Instructional Course (FDA Required) Dallas 06.20.25 (EID78219)
$67.22
Apr 24, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Orlando, FL · in-kind
$1,158
Apr 24, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Orlando, FL · in-kind
$386
Apr 9, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 9, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Las Vegas, NV · in-kind
$556
Apr 4, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 4, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Las Vegas, NV · in-kind
$54.63
Apr 3, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind
$838
Apr 3, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Apr 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Persona · Knees · travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind
$35.00
Feb 27, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Feb 27, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Overland Park, KS · in-kind
$404
Feb 27, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Feb 27, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind
$50.00
Feb 27, 2025Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Feb 27, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Overland Park, KS · in-kind
$35.00
Jan 21, 2025Smith+nephew, Inc.
Jan 21, 2025
Grant
Company’s descriptionEducational grant provided to Mississippi Sports Medicine Foundation
$3,333

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in Tennessee →

Other Orthopedic Surgery clinicians in Memphis

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated July 31, 2025), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1245891068. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.