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Dr. Mark Kats, MD
NPI1215140355PAC ID5496822736
- Medicare services, 2024
- 9,477
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 777
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,387
- Publications
- 2
- MIPS score, 2024
- 78
- Practice address
- 663 Lanier Park NE Dr, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Practice phone
- Call (770) 965-6056
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Braselton Dialysis
Gainesville, Georgia
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Dr. Mark Kats is a nephrologist in Gainesville, Georgia
Dr. Kats practices at Braselton Dialysis in Gainesville, Georgia.
Dr. Kats' NPI, 1215140355, was assigned on May 7, 2007. Dr. Kats graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Kats holds Georgia license 061275.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1215140355NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 5496822736
- NPI enumeration date
- May 7, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (770) 965-6056
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 44
- Medical school graduation
- 2008
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Mark Kats practices at Braselton Dialysis in Gainesville, Georgia
Dr. Kats' primary practice is Braselton Dialysis, at 663 Lanier Park NE Dr, Gainesville, GA 30501 in Hall County. The practice phone is (770) 965-6056.
- Braselton Dialysis663 Lanier Park NE Dr, Gainesville, GA 30501 · Hall CountyPhone(770) 965-6056
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Mark Kats is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Kats' primary practice is Braselton Dialysis in Gainesville, Georgia. Dr. Kats is also affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. The medical group on file is Northside Hospital Diagnostic Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kats to 1 more hospital, 5 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Braselton DialysisPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Mark Kats' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kats practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Braselton Dialysis | Available with a free account |
| +8 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Mark Kats is one of 381 nephrologists in Georgia
Nephrology is Dr. Kats' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Kats is licensed in Georgia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, GeorgiaPrimary
Nephrologists near Dr. Kats
Counts of nephrologists 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. Mark Kats billed Medicare for 9,477 services in 2024
CMS data shows 9,477 Medicare services from Dr. Kats across 30 procedure codes in 2024, for 777 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $281,262 for them.
Medicare services, 20249,477
Medicare patients777
Paid by Medicare$281,262
Procedure codes30
Dr. Kats' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 5,3402024: 5,8249%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,7902024: 1,7184%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1,3852024: 1,4968%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 4242024: 33222%
- Imaging
- 2023: 1092024: 1072%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 3,7302024: 0100%
Where Dr. Kats' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office8,84093%
- In a facility6377%
Dr. Kats compared with the Georgia median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Kats
- Georgia median
- Medicare services
- 9,477vs 1,1248.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 777vs 3182.4 times
- Part D claims
- 3,233vs 1,0923.0 times
Medians across 377 nephrologists in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kats' 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. Mark Kats treated 777 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 777 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kats in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 362 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kats' median patient age at 75, with 49% women.
Medicare patients, 2024777
Average age77
Average risk score2.38
Also on Medicaid9%
Dr. Kats' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Kats' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women39150%
- Men38650%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kats' Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis54%
- Diabetes49%
- Ischemic heart disease46%
- Heart failure39%
- Atrial fibrillation32%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kats' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 75
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women49%
- Men50%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Mark Kats wrote 3,387 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kats wrote 3,387 Medicare Part D claims for 690 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,233 of them, across 38 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $479,595 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,649 claims across 34 drugs.
Part D claims, 20243,387
Drugs named by CMS38
Total drug cost$479,595
Part D patients690
Dr. Kats' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,825 claims83%
- Brand-name562 claims17%
Dr. Kats' 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. Kats' Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics2%84 of 3,387 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: 2,6492024: 3,23322%
Drugs named by CMS: 38 in 2024, 34 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. Mark Kats scored 78 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 78 out of 100 for Dr. Kats for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kats accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kats as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Kats' MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 78of 100Final score
- 71.9of 100Quality
- 75of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 76of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Mark Kats has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Kats, published from 2012 to 2013. The most frequent topics are Social Media. Dr. Kats has published most often in PLoS One. Dr. Kats' most frequent co-authors are Tejas Pradeep Desai, MD, Cynthia R. Christiano, MD and Vibhu O. Dhingra, MD.
Papers2
Years published2012 to 2013
Topics Dr. Kats writes about most
- Social Media
Dr. Kats' most frequent co-authors
- Tejas Pradeep Desai, MD2 shared papers
- Cynthia R. Christiano, MD1 shared paper
- Vibhu O. Dhingra, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Kats
BloggingCongresses as TopicInformation Dissemination
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Mark Kats received $951 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 45 general payments to Dr. Kats from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Outset Medical Inc paid the most, $110.
General payments to Dr. Kats by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Kats by kind, 2016 to 2025
$951in total
- Food and beverage$85790%
- Education$9410%
Companies that paid Dr. Kats 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. Mark Kats graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Dr. Kats graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 2008.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Mark Kats'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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| 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. Mark Kats' NPI number?
Dr. Mark Kats' NPI number is 1215140355. It was assigned on May 7, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Mark Kats?
Dr. Mark Kats is a nephrologist in Gainesville, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Mark Kats practice?
Dr. Kats practices at 663 Lanier Park NE Dr, Gainesville, GA 30501. Dr. Kats' primary practice is Braselton Dialysis in Gainesville, Georgia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kats to 1 hospital, 5 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Mark Kats' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kats is (770) 965-6056.
What is Dr. Mark Kats' medical license number?
Dr. Kats holds Georgia license 061275.
Which hospitals is Dr. Mark Kats affiliated with?
Dr. Kats is affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. Dmand AI links Dr. Kats to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Mark Kats part of?
Dr. Kats is linked to Northside Hospital Diagnostic Clinic.
Does Dr. Mark Kats accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kats billed Medicare for 9,477 services in 2024, and Dr. Kats accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Mark Kats offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Kats as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Mark Kats' MIPS score?
Dr. Kats' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 78 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Mark Kats see?
CMS counts 777 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kats in 2024, with an average age of 77.
What services does Dr. Mark Kats bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kats' most billed Medicare services were surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415), lab and pathology test (80069) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Mark Kats go to medical school?
Dr. Kats graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 2008.
What drugs does Dr. Mark Kats prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kats' most prescribed drugs by claims were Calcitriol, Losartan Potassium and Farxiga.
Has Dr. Mark Kats received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $951 in general payments to Dr. Kats from 26 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Outset Medical Inc.
How long has Dr. Mark Kats been practicing?
Dr. Kats graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.
Does Dr. Mark Kats do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Kats, published from 2012 to 2013.
Who does Dr. Mark Kats publish with?
Dr. Kats' most frequent co-authors are Tejas Pradeep Desai, MD (2 shared papers), Cynthia R. Christiano, MD (1 shared paper) and Vibhu O. Dhingra, MD (1 shared paper).
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