Dr. Firas George Hougeir, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 3,532
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 802
- Part D claims, 2024
- 776
- MIPS score, 2024
- 100
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 400 Brookstone Centre Pkwy, Columbus, GA 31904
- Practice phone
- Call (678) 702-3376
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Douglas Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists
Columbus, Georgia
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Dr. Firas George Hougeir is a dermatologist in Columbus, Georgia
Dr. Hougeir practices at Douglas Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists in Columbus, Georgia.
Dr. Hougeir's NPI, 1023095957, was assigned on December 30, 2005. Dr. Hougeir graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2002. Dr. Hougeir holds Georgia license 060181.
- NPI
- 1023095957NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2668371873
- NPI enumeration date
- December 30, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (678) 702-3376
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 50
- Medical school graduation
- 2002
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Firas George Hougeir practices at Douglas Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists in Columbus, Georgia
Dr. Hougeir's primary practice is Douglas Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists, at 400 Brookstone Centre Pkwy, Columbus, GA 31904 in Muscogee County. The practice phone is (678) 702-3376.
- Douglas Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists400 Brookstone Centre Pkwy, Columbus, GA 31904 · Muscogee CountyPhone(678) 702-3376
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Firas George Hougeir is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Hougeir's primary practice is Douglas Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists in Columbus, Georgia. Dr. Hougeir is also affiliated with Wellstar Douglas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Douglas Dermatology Skin Cancer Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hougeir to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Firas George Hougeir's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hougeir practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Douglas Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists | Available with a free account |
| +3 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Firas George Hougeir is one of 317 dermatologists in Georgia
Dermatology is Dr. Hougeir's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Hougeir is licensed in Georgia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Dermatology, GeorgiaPrimary
Dermatologists near Dr. Hougeir
Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Firas George Hougeir billed Medicare for 3,532 services in 2024
CMS data shows 3,532 Medicare services from Dr. Hougeir across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 802 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $640,684 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Hougeir's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 3,2842024: 2,90612%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6762024: 6267%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 142024: 0100%
Dr. Hougeir compared with the Georgia median for dermatologists, 2024
- Dr. Hougeir
- Georgia median
- Medicare services
- 3,532vs 1,99277% above
- Medicare patients
- 802vs 49263% above
- Part D claims
- 683vs 49039% above
Medians across 310 dermatologists in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Hougeir'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. Firas George Hougeir treated 802 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 802 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hougeir in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 326 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.20, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hougeir's median patient age at 66, with 57% women.
Dr. Hougeir's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Hougeir's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women30538%
- Men49762%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Hougeir's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis47%
- Diabetes33%
- Ischemic heart disease32%
- Chronic kidney disease27%
- Atrial fibrillation21%
- Anxiety20%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Hougeir's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 66
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women57%
- Men42%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Firas George Hougeir wrote 776 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Hougeir wrote 776 Medicare Part D claims for 368 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 683 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $526,690 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 782 claims across 9 drugs.
Dr. Hougeir's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic666 claims86%
- Brand-name110 claims14%
Dr. Hougeir'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. Hougeir's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics16%127 of 776 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: 7822024: 68313%
Drugs named by CMS: 13 in 2024, 9 in 2023.
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. Firas George Hougeir scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Hougeir for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Hougeir accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 273 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Hougeir, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Hougeir's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 100of 100Final score
- 100of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Hougeir ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin cancer
- 75th percentile736 procedures
- Removal of skin lesions
- 84th percentile396 procedures
- Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
- 98th percentile273 procedures
- Skin biopsy
- 82nd percentile170 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. Firas George Hougeir received $4,157,331 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 5,278 general payments to Dr. Hougeir from 54 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 71% of the total. Eli Lilly and Company paid the most, $659,190. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $3,151 in 2025.
General payments to Dr. Hougeir by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Hougeir by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$2,965,18671%
- Consulting fees$582,43714%
- Travel and lodging$431,46610%
- Food and beverage$97,0952%
- Other$79,9662%
Companies that paid Dr. Hougeir the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Firas George Hougeir graduated from Mayo Medical School
Dr. Hougeir graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2002.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Firas George Hougeir's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Firas George Hougeir's NPI number?
Dr. Firas George Hougeir's NPI number is 1023095957. It was assigned on December 30, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Firas George Hougeir?
Dr. Firas George Hougeir is a dermatologist in Columbus, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).
Where does Dr. Firas George Hougeir practice?
Dr. Hougeir practices at 400 Brookstone Centre Pkwy, Columbus, GA 31904. Dr. Hougeir's primary practice is Douglas Dermatology and Skin Cancer Specialists in Columbus, Georgia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hougeir to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Firas George Hougeir's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Hougeir is (678) 702-3376.
What is Dr. Firas George Hougeir's medical license number?
Dr. Hougeir holds Georgia license 060181.
Which hospitals is Dr. Firas George Hougeir affiliated with?
Dr. Hougeir is affiliated with Wellstar Douglas Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Firas George Hougeir part of?
Dr. Hougeir is linked to Douglas Dermatology Skin Cancer Specialists. Dmand AI links Dr. Hougeir to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Firas George Hougeir accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hougeir billed Medicare for 3,532 services in 2024, and Dr. Hougeir accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Firas George Hougeir's MIPS score?
Dr. Hougeir's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Firas George Hougeir see?
CMS counts 802 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hougeir in 2024, with an average age of 76.
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What services does Dr. Firas George Hougeir bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Hougeir's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), surgery: skin and soft tissue (17311) and office visit, established patient (99213).
Where did Dr. Firas George Hougeir go to medical school?
Dr. Hougeir graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2002.
What drugs does Dr. Firas George Hougeir prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hougeir's most prescribed drugs by claims were Triamcinolone Acetonide, Mupirocin and Doxycycline Hyclate.
Has Dr. Firas George Hougeir received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $4,157,331 in general payments to Dr. Hougeir from 54 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Eli Lilly and Company.
How long has Dr. Firas George Hougeir been practicing?
Dr. Hougeir graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.
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