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Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD

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Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery and Hand Surgery

18 Medical Park Drive
Asheville, NC 28803

(828) 253-7521

Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD is an orthopedist in Asheville, NC specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery and hand surgery.

Office Locations

18 Medical Park Drive
Asheville, NC 28803

(828) 253-7521

(828) 251-5992

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD treated as an orthopedist in Asheville, NC during 2012 were injections, nerve procedures, upper extremity surgery and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	56
doctor visit	883
implant surgery	12
injections	105
nerve procedures	56
open surgery	31
upper extremity surgery	56

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD treated as an orthopedist in Asheville, NC during 2013 were injections, nerve procedures, upper extremity surgery and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	85
doctor visit	763
injections	97
nerve procedures	85
open surgery	43
plastic surgery procedures	13
reconstructive surgery	13
tissue transfer	13
upper extremity surgery	85
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	13

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	157
Female	265

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	398
Black	11
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	206
From 75 to 84	106
85 and over	40
Less than 65	70

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD in 2013

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	26
Dementia	5
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD treated as an orthopedist in Asheville, NC during 2014 were injections, nerve procedures, upper extremity surgery and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	66
doctor visit	632
injections	109
nerve procedures	66
open surgery	33
upper extremity surgery	66

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	153
Female	224

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	354
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	179
From 75 to 84	105
85 and over	23
Less than 65	70

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD in 2014

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	24
Dementia	6
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD treated as an orthopedist in Asheville, NC during 2015 were injections, nerve procedures, upper extremity surgery and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	75
doctor visit	749
injections	117
nerve procedures	75
open surgery	39
upper extremity surgery	75

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	390
Female	554

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	890
Black	28
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	436
From 75 to 84	288
85 and over	48
Less than 65	172

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD in 2015

Hypertension	58
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	25
Dementia	4
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD treated as an orthopedist in Asheville, NC during 2016 were injections, upper extremity surgery, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD for Medicare patients.

capsulotomy	15
decompression surgery	39
doctor visit	686
immobilization	18
injections	99
joint surgery	29
nerve procedures	39
open surgery	25
reconstructive surgery	14
removal of internal scar tissue	15
tendon surgery	27
transplant procedures	14
upper extremity surgery	95
vascular procedures	14

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	182
Female	243

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	399
Black	13
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	214
From 75 to 84	110
85 and over	29
Less than 65	72

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD in 2016

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	24
Dementia	4
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD treated as an orthopedist in Asheville, NC during 2017 were upper extremity surgery, injections, tendon surgery and nerve procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	21
doctor visit	238
immobilization	17
implant surgery	12
injections	56
joint surgery	12
nerve procedures	21
open surgery	21
reconstructive surgery	12
tendon surgery	24
transplant procedures	12
upper extremity surgery	57
vascular procedures	12

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	83
Female	124

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	189
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	98
From 75 to 84	51
85 and over	12
Less than 65	46

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD in 2017

Hypertension	48
High Cholesterol	36
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	24
Dementia	0
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2017

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD treated as an orthopedist in Asheville, NC were injections, upper extremity surgery, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

capsulotomy	15
decompression surgery	57
doctor visit	658
immobilization	17
implant surgery	12
injections	97
joint surgery	20
nerve procedures	57
open surgery	32
plastic surgery procedures	13
reconstructive surgery	13
removal of internal scar tissue	15
tendon surgery	25
tissue transfer	13
transplant procedures	13
upper extremity surgery	72
vascular procedures	13
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	13

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2017

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD.

**Gender**
Female	235
Male	160

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	8
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	371
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	25
75 to 84	110
Less than 65	71
65 to 74	188

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD From 2012 - 2017

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. James Stevens Thompson, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and diabetes.

Hypertension	46
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	1
Ischemic Heart Disease	18
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	13
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	20
Atrial Fibrillation	6
Dementia	3
Cancer	6

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 Stevens Thompson, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Peerless Surgical Inc.	$89 $89
BIOVENTUS LLC	$57 Exogen $30	Ultrasound Bone Healing $27
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$39 XIAFLEX $39
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.	$26 TRELEGY ELLIPTA $26
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$19 XIAFLEX $19

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$230

Biography

Dr. James Thompson works as a hand surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery specialist in Asheville, NC. Dr. Thompson obtained a license to practice in North Carolina.