Dr. George Michael Watson, MD

Dr. Watson practices at Permanente Medical Group Inc in Stockton, California.

Dr. Watson's NPI, 1316275092, was assigned on November 18, 2009. Dr. Watson graduated from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2006. Dr. Watson's Pennsylvania license number on file is MD439237.

Dr. Watson's primary practice is Permanente Medical Group Inc, at 7373 West Ln, Stockton, CA 95210 in San Joaquin County. The practice phone is (209) 476-2000.

Dr. Watson's primary practice is Permanente Medical Group Inc in Stockton, California. The medical group on file is The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Watson practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Ophthalmology is Dr. Watson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Watson is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Watson's licenses on file in 3 states: Pennsylvania, California and New York.

Dmand AI lists dry eye and vision problems among the conditions Dr. Watson treats.

CMS data shows 17 Medicare services from Dr. Watson across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 16 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $975 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 16 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024. 75% of them have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Watson's median patient age at 71, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Watson wrote 3,833 Medicare Part D claims for 907 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,761 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $248,149 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,502 claims across 27 drugs.

Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Cataract surgery: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Watson in 2022. The most frequent topics are Optic Nerve and Optic Neuritis. Dr. Watson's most frequent co-authors are Muhammad Tariq Bhatti, MD, Eric K. Chin, MD and Aubrey L. Gilbert, MD, PhD.

CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Watson from 2 drug and device companies in 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. paid the most, $144.

Dr. Watson graduated from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2006.

Dr. Watson is in network with 2 carriers, including Kaiser Permanente and CMS Medicare. EPO plans come from the most carriers, 1. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.