Dr. Edward James Southard, MD

Dr. Southard practices at Florida Joint & Spine Institute PA in Winter Haven, Florida.

Dr. Southard's NPI, 1578799102, was assigned on June 10, 2009. Dr. Southard graduated from Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 2006. Dr. Southard holds Florida license ME141008.

Dr. Southard's primary practice is Florida Joint & Spine Institute PA, at 400 Ave K SE, Winter Haven, FL 33880 in Polk County. The practice phone is (863) 385-2222.

Dr. Southard's primary practice is Florida Joint & Spine Institute PA in Winter Haven, Florida. Dr. Southard is also affiliated with AdventHealth Ocala. The medical group on file is AdventHealth Medical Group Cardiovascular Surgery at Tampa. Dmand AI also links Dr. Southard to 4 more group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Southard practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Southard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Southard's licenses on file in 4 states: Florida, Maine, New York and District of Columbia.

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, bursitis, chest wall injury, enthesopathy in arms, fluid in a joint and hand joint or tendon inflammation among the conditions Dr. Southard treats.

CMS data shows 1,875 Medicare services from Dr. Southard across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 412 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $63,442 for them.

CMS counts 412 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Southard in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 169 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.24, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Southard's median patient age at 73, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Southard wrote 148 Medicare Part D claims for 101 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 103 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $819 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 176 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Southard for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Southard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Southard in 2021. 2021 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Southard's most frequent co-authors are O. Isom, MD, Leonard Young Lee, MD and Charles A. Mack, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 134 general payments to Dr. Southard from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 39% of the total. Encore Medical, LP paid the most, $6,588.

Dr. Southard graduated from Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 2006.

Dr. Southard is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.