Dr. Jay James Hinkhouse , MD
Pediatrics β’ Ames, IA
5876 Arrasmith Trl
Ames, IA 500109244
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
5876 Arrasmith Trl
Ames, IA 500109244
What Public CMS Data Show
Pediatrics: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019β2025.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Compared with the same specialty in Ames and Iowa
17 active clinicians are listed under Pediatrics with a practice address in Ames, IA (502 in Iowa).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Ames
0% of these 17 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
23.5% of these 17 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208000000X
A pediatrician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive healthcare to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. A pediatrician deals with biological, social and environmental influences on the developing child, and with the impact of disease and dysfunction on development.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207P00000X
An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 5876 ARRASMITH TRL, AMES, IA 500109244 (Tel: 5152329467)
Registered at 5876 ARRASMITH TRL, AMES, IA 500109244 (Tel: 5152329467)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1210 HARDING AVE, AMES, IA 500105859 (Tel: 5152329467)
Registered at 1210 HARDING AVE, AMES, IA 500105859 (Tel: 5152329467)
Recorded as JAY HINKHOUSE, M.D.
Emergency Medicine (license number reported to NPPES: IA 28635)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Mailing Address
5876 Arrasmith Trl
Ames, IA 500109244
Phone: 5152329467