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Dr. James Howard Early, MD

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Specializes in: Family Medicine

997 Old Us Highway 70 W Suite A
Black Mountain, NC 28711

Dr. James Howard Early, MD is a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC specializing in family medicine.

Office Locations

997 Old Us Highway 70 W Suite A
Black Mountain, NC 28711

(828) 298-6010

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC during 2012 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	430
diabetes management	186
doctor visit	1376
lab tests	1339
preventive care	653
thoracic (chest) imaging	30
vaccines	135
X-rays	30

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC during 2013 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	443
diabetes management	180
doctor visit	1417
lab tests	1376
preventive care	705
thoracic (chest) imaging	16
vaccines	161
X-rays	16

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	180
Female	237

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	400
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	186
From 75 to 84	124
85 and over	61
Less than 65	46

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2013

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	22
Dementia	10
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC during 2014 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	439
diabetes management	161
doctor visit	1197
lab tests	1213
preventive care	625
thoracic (chest) imaging	23
vaccines	160
X-rays	23

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	170
Female	167

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	324
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	141
From 75 to 84	104
85 and over	57
Less than 65	35

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2014

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	23
Dementia	11
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC during 2015 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	470
diabetes management	186
doctor visit	1247
ear procedures	13
lab tests	1375
preventive care	647
thoracic (chest) imaging	24
vaccines	127
X-rays	24

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	336
Female	404

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	708
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	318
From 75 to 84	250
85 and over	100
Less than 65	72

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2015

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	24
Dementia	8
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC during 2016 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	145
diabetes management	122
doctor visit	1068
lab tests	847
preventive care	388
thoracic (chest) imaging	16
vaccines	128
X-rays	16

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	170
Female	155

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	309
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	138
From 75 to 84	98
85 and over	50
Less than 65	39

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2016

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	25
Dementia	10
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC during 2017 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	49
diabetes management	95
diagnostic procedures	12
doctor visit	1067
lab tests	470
preventive care	230
thoracic (chest) imaging	16
vaccines	135
X-rays	16

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	170
Female	136

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	288
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	136
From 75 to 84	91
85 and over	46
Less than 65	33

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2017

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	26
Dementia	10
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC during 2018 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	37
diabetes management	66
doctor visit	959
lab tests	363
preventive care	175
vaccines	109

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	169
Female	121

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	273
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	129
From 75 to 84	93
85 and over	41
Less than 65	27

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2018

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	25
Dementia	11
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC during 2019 were lab tests, preventive care, diabetes management and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	13
diabetes management	47
doctor visit	683
lab tests	245
preventive care	75
vaccines	28

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	155
Female	115

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	256
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	121
From 75 to 84	85
85 and over	43
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2019

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	24
Dementia	11
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	149

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	70
Female	48

**Age**
From 65 to 74	52
From 75 to 84	38
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2020

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	25
Dementia	12
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	21

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	20
Female	13

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

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2021

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	42
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 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Howard Early, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Black Mountain, NC were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and diabetes management.

blood draw	253
diabetes management	130
diagnostic procedures	12
doctor visit	918
ear procedures	13
lab tests	903
preventive care	437
thoracic (chest) imaging	20
vaccines	122
X-rays	20

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD.

**Gender**
Male	144
Female	139

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	255
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	88
85 and over	39
Less than 65	27
65 to 74	123

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD From 2012 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. James Howard Early, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and depression.

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	5
Osteoporosis	8
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	19
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Cancer	9
Dementia	8

Education & Training

He has a state license in North Carolina.

Licensed In: North Carolina

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Novo Nordisk Inc	$889 Tresiba $259	Victoza $243	Saxenda $119	NovoLog $75	Levemir $72	Other $122
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$881 SYMBICORT $296	FARXIGA $283	BYDUREON WEEKLY $67	BYDUREON PEN $61	BEVESPI AEROSPHERE $36	Other $138
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	$516 ENTRESTO $444	EXELON PATCH $48	ARCAPTA NEOHALER $24
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	$493 Brintellix $195	Colcrys $65	AMITIZA $64	Contrave $51	Trintellix $43	Other $76
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc	$487 INVOKANA $232	XARELTO $222	$34
Other	$4,822 ELIQUIS $509	TOUJEO $243	ANORO $179	BASAGLAR $179	Repatha $170	Other $3,542

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$7,755
Education	$330
Consulting Fee	$3

Biography

Dr. James Early works as a family medicine specialist in Black Mountain, NC. Dr. Early has obtained a license to practice in North Carolina.

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2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

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2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2013

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2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2014

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2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2015

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2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2016

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2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2017

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2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2018

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2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2019

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2020

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD in 2021

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2021

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2021

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Howard Early, MD From 2012 - 2021

Education & Training

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General Payments

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