Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II, MD

  • Clermont, FL
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1659310779PAC ID3779594361
Medicare services, 2024
1,036
Medicare patients, 2024
481
Part D claims, 2024
6,204
Publications
39
MIPS score, 2024
81
Practice address
2460 E Hwy 50, Clermont, FL 34711
Practice phone
Call (407) 834-7776
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Florida Eye Clinic P A

Clermont, Florida

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Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II is an ophthalmologist in Clermont, Florida

Dr. Dawson practices at Florida Eye Clinic P A in Clermont, Florida.

Dr. Dawson's NPI, 1659310779, was assigned on June 5, 2006. Dr. Dawson graduated from Carver College of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Dawson holds Florida license ME94457.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3779594361
NPI enumeration date
June 5, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(407) 834-7776
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
55
Medical school graduation
1997

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II practices at Florida Eye Clinic P A in Clermont, Florida

Dr. Dawson's primary practice is Florida Eye Clinic P A, at 2460 E Hwy 50, Clermont, FL 34711 in Lake County. The practice phone is (407) 834-7776.

  • Florida Eye Clinic P A
    2460 E Hwy 50, Clermont, FL 34711 · Lake CountyPhone(407) 834-7776

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Dawson's primary practice is Florida Eye Clinic P A in Clermont, Florida. Dr. Dawson is also affiliated with AdventHealth Orlando. The medical group on file is Florida Eye Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Dawson to 2 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Dawson practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Florida Eye Clinic P AAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II is one of 1,398 ophthalmologists in Florida

Ophthalmology is Dr. Dawson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Dawson is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Dawson's licenses on file in 4 states: Florida, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME94457 · 2005 to 2026 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • New Hampshire license2022 to 2024
  • North Dakota license2021 to 2022
  • Wisconsin license2001 to 2005

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, cold sores or genital herpes, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eye infection or inflammation, eyelid inflammation and glaucoma among the conditions Dr. Dawson treats.

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Dawson

Counts of ophthalmologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

1,398ophthalmologists in Florida
3ophthalmologists in Clermont

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II billed Medicare for 1,036 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,036 Medicare services from Dr. Dawson across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 481 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $86,331 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,036
Medicare patients481
Paid by Medicare$86,331
Procedure codes15

Dr. Dawson's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 3842024: 47824%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 6522024: 47527%
Surgery
2023: 722024: 711%
Imaging
2023: 182024: 1233%

Where Dr. Dawson's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office96593%
  • In a facility717%

Dr. Dawson compared with the Florida median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Dawson
  • Florida median
Medicare services
1,036vs 1,69939% below
Medicare patients
481vs 55714% below
Part D claims
6,103vs 8187.5 times

Medians across 1,345 ophthalmologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Dawson's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II treated 481 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 481 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dawson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 194 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.48, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Dawson's median patient age at 71, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024481
Average age76
Average risk score1.48
Also on Medicaid11%

Dr. Dawson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Dawson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women29461%
  • Men18739%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Dawson's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis48%
  4. Diabetes38%
  5. Ischemic heart disease36%
  6. Chronic kidney disease32%
  7. Anxiety26%
  8. Mood disorders25%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Dawson's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men42%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II wrote 6,204 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Dawson wrote 6,204 Medicare Part D claims for 1,578 patients. 58% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 6,103 of them, across 42 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $642,712 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,020 claims across 40 drugs.

Part D claims, 20246,204
Drugs named by CMS42
Total drug cost$642,712
Part D patients1,578

Dr. Dawson's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic3,604 claims58%
  • Brand-name2,600 claims42%

Dr. Dawson's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Dawson's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%45 of 6,204 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 6,0202024: 6,1031%

Drugs named by CMS: 42 in 2024, 40 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II scored 81 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Dawson for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Dawson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 55 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Dawson, more than 65% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Dawson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 81of 100Final score
  • 98.9of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 38of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Dawson ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
65th percentile55 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II has 39 publications on record

Dmand AI links 39 papers to Dr. Dawson, published from 2008 to 2023. 2013 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ, Cornea and Postoperative Complications. Dr. Dawson has published most often in Arch Ophthalmol. Dr. Dawson's most frequent co-authors are Michael W. Belin, MD, Terrence P. O'Brien, MD and Sander R. Dubovy, MD.

Papers39
Years published2008 to 2023

Dr. Dawson's papers by year, 2008 to 2023

Topics Dr. Dawson writes about most

  • Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ
  • Cornea
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Corneal Stroma
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Corneal Diseases
  • Corneal Topography
  • Wound Healing

Dr. Dawson's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Dawson

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II received $5,135 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 118 general payments to Dr. Dawson from 21 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $1,254.

General payments to Dr. Dawson by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Dawson by kind, 2017 to 2025

$5.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$5,129100%
  • Education$70%

Companies that paid Dr. Dawson the most, 2017 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Dawson, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Dawson

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II graduated from Carver College of Medicine

Dr. Dawson graduated from Carver College of Medicine in 1997.

  1. Medical schoolCarver College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II accepts plans from 21 insurance carriers

Dr. Dawson is in network with 21 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • HCSC
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Cigna
  • +13 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Dawson accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO14
  2. PPO13
  3. Medicare11
  4. POS8
  5. EPO5

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II's NPI number?

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II's NPI number is 1659310779. It was assigned on June 5, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II?

Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II is an ophthalmologist in Clermont, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II practice?

Dr. Dawson practices at 2460 E Hwy 50, Clermont, FL 34711. Dr. Dawson's primary practice is Florida Eye Clinic P A in Clermont, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Dawson to 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Dawson is (407) 834-7776.

What is Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II's medical license number?

Dr. Dawson holds Florida license ME94457, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Dawson in Florida (2005 to 2026), New Hampshire (2022 to 2024), North Dakota (2021 to 2022) and Wisconsin (2001 to 2005).

Which hospitals is Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II affiliated with?

Dr. Dawson is affiliated with AdventHealth Orlando.

What medical group is Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II part of?

Dr. Dawson is linked to Florida Eye Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Dawson to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Dawson billed Medicare for 1,036 services in 2024, and Dr. Dawson accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II's MIPS score?

Dr. Dawson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 81 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II see?

CMS counts 481 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dawson in 2024, with an average age of 76.

Is Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II board certified?

Yes. Dr. Dawson is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

What services does Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Dawson's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and eye exam or test (92134).

Where did Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II go to medical school?

Dr. Dawson graduated from Carver College of Medicine in 1997.

What drugs does Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Dawson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Latanoprost and Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim.

Has Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,135 in general payments to Dr. Dawson from 21 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II been practicing?

Dr. Dawson graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.

Does Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II do research?

Dmand AI links 39 publications to Dr. Dawson, published from 2008 to 2023.

Who does Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II publish with?

Dr. Dawson's most frequent co-authors are Michael W. Belin, MD (3 shared papers), Terrence P. O'Brien, MD (3 shared papers) and Sander R. Dubovy, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Daniel Gaius Dawson II accept?

Dr. Dawson is in network with 21 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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