Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.

James Ritchey, MD

Individual provider Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician · NPI 1578973350

James Ritchey, MD is registered under Family Practice in Santa Cruz, California. Qualified in 2014, 12 years ago. Practices with Sutter Bay Medical Foundation, a 3,762-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
12
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2014
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1301 Mission St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-3530
Phone: (831) 458-6300
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence A145388 (CA)
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician Taxonomy 207QS0010X · Licence A145388 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1578973350
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 2, 2014
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 13, 2018

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Also practisesSPORTS MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2014 (12 years in practice)
Group practice Sutter Bay Medical Foundation — 3762 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients273
Services billed 2,396 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3762 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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