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Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD

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Specializes in: General Surgery

University of Washington School of Medicine

611 31st Avenue Sw # C
Puyallup, WA 98373

(253) 848-5951

Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD is a general surgeon in Tacoma, WA specializing in general surgery. He graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD is affiliated with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.

Office Locations

1802 So. Yakima Avenue #202
Tacoma, WA 98405

(253) 572-7120

(253) 572-1071

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Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

611 31st Avenue Sw # C
Puyallup, WA 98373

(253) 848-5951

(253) 845-7073

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD treated as a general surgeon in Tacoma, WA during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	17
doctor visit	80
gastrointestinal procedures	17
hospital care	25
inpatient care	25
minimally invasive procedures	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD treated as a general surgeon in Tacoma, WA during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	11
doctor visit	69
gastrointestinal procedures	11
hospital care	19
inpatient care	19
minimally invasive procedures	11

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	48
Female	56

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	90
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	41
From 75 to 84	19
85 and over	14
Less than 65	30

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2013

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	63

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	47
Female	27

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	60
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	36
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	20

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2014

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	59

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	60
Female	46

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	84
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	68
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2015

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	36
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD treated as a general surgeon in Tacoma, WA during 2016 were minimally invasive procedures, abdominal surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	14
doctor visit	89
gastrointestinal procedures	14
minimally invasive procedures	14

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	39
Female	35

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	62
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	34
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	18

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2016

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	54

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	24
Female	30

**Age**
From 65 to 74	25
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	13

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2017

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	22
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD treated as a general surgeon in Tacoma, WA during 2018 were minimally invasive procedures, abdominal surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	11
doctor visit	76
gastrointestinal procedures	11
minimally invasive procedures	11

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	40
Female	29

**Age**
From 65 to 74	40
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	15

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2018

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	28
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD treated as a general surgeon in Tacoma, WA during 2019 were minimally invasive procedures, abdominal surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	11
doctor visit	79
gastrointestinal procedures	11
minimally invasive procedures	11

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	36
Female	21

**Age**
From 65 to 74	28
From 75 to 84	16
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2019

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	21
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	31

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	33

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	14

**Age**
From 65 to 74	21
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2021

Hypertension	59
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD treated as a general surgeon in Tacoma, WA during 2022 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	37
hospital care	21
inpatient care	21

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	31
Female	27

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	47
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	34
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2022

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	19
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	19
Dementia	0
Cancer	22

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2023 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	26

2023 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	13
Female	11

**Age**
From 65 to 74	12
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD in 2023

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2023

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD treated as a general surgeon in Tacoma, WA were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and abdominal surgery.

abdominal surgery	12
doctor visit	58
gastrointestinal procedures	12
hospital care	21
inpatient care	21
minimally invasive procedures	12

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2023

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD.

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	24

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	28
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	3
85 and over	1
Less than 65	8
65 to 74	28

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD From 2012 - 2023

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	15
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	4
Osteoporosis	0
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	6
Diabetes	20
Atrial Fibrillation	2
Cancer	3
Dementia	0

Education & Training

Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine. He completed residency at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. He is certified by the Board Certification: General Surgery and has a state license in Washington.

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine

Residency: Legacy Emanuel Medical Center

Board Certification: Board Certification: General Surgery

Licensed In: Washington

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. James Dale Rifenbery, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$12,800 Da Vinci Surgical System $12,800
Covidien LP	$4,709 ProGrip $2,502	Synthetic Mesh $2,207
LIFECELL CORPORATION	$1,527 AlloDerm $1,137	STRATTICE LAP $364	STRATTICE $26
Covidien Sales LLC	$391 ProGrip $203	Vessel Sealing $113	Synthetic Mesh $59	Soft Tissue Mechanical $16
Mallinckrodt LLC	$370 OFIRMEV $224	XARTEMIS XR $146
Other	$843 DAV-Phasix $277	LUNA $199	SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix Family of Products $76	SURGICAL $61	Endoscopy: Endocutters $34	Other $196

**Types of Payments**
Education	$7,300
Food and Beverage	$4,352
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$4,200
Travel and Lodging	$3,638
Consulting Fee	$1,150

Biography

Dr. James Rifenbery sees patients in Tacoma, WA and Puyallup, WA. His medical specialty is general surgery. He is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Rifenbery's medical residency was performed at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. He is affiliated with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Dr. Rifenbery's practice in Puyallup, WA is open to new patients as reported by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.