Dr. Kevin Douglas Waits, MD

Dr. Waits practices at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville in Gainesville, Georgia, part of Northeast Georgia Health System.

Dr. Waits' NPI, 1912235888, was assigned on December 3, 2009. Dr. Waits graduated from Mercer University School of Medicine in 2013. Dr. Waits holds Georgia license 84824.

Dr. Waits' primary practice is Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, at 743 Spring Street, Gainesville, GA 30501 in Hall County. The practice phone is (770) 535-3553.

Dr. Waits' primary practice is Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville in Gainesville, Georgia, part of Northeast Georgia Health System. Dr. Waits is also affiliated with Northside Hospital Atlanta. The medical group on file is Athletico Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Waits to 3 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Waits practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Waits' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Waits' licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and Virginia.

CMS data shows 1,045 Medicare services from Dr. Waits across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 416 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $151,900 for them.

CMS counts 416 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Waits in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 198 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.28, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Waits' median patient age at 69, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Waits wrote 741 Medicare Part D claims for 289 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 696 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,213 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 502 claims across 9 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Waits for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Waits accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 282 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Waits, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Waits in 2010.

CMS Open Payments shows 133 general payments to Dr. Waits from 23 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Nuvasive, Inc. paid the most, $3,787.

Dr. Waits graduated from Mercer University School of Medicine in 2013.