Dr. Matthew Aaron Hazzard, MD

Dr. Hazzard practices at Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital.

Dr. Hazzard's NPI, 1184858292, was assigned on May 5, 2009. Dr. Hazzard graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2009. Dr. Hazzard holds Georgia license 074233.

Dr. Hazzard's primary practice is Northside Hospital Atlanta, at 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30342 in Fulton County. The practice phone is (404) 851-8000.

Dr. Hazzard's primary practice is Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital. Dr. Hazzard is also affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. The medical group on file is Northside Hospital Atlanta. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hazzard to 4 more hospitals, 4 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. Hazzard practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Hazzard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Hazzard is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 147 Medicare services from Dr. Hazzard across 5 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 130 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $14,885 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 130 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hazzard in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 66 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.30, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hazzard's median patient age at 67, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Hazzard wrote 128 Medicare Part D claims for 66 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 94 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,121 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 110 claims across 5 drugs.

Dr. Hazzard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 61 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Hazzard, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Hazzard, published from 2013 to 2014. 2014 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Postoperative Complications, Healthcare Disparities and Insurance Coverage. Dr. Hazzard has published most often in Neuromodulation. Dr. Hazzard's most frequent co-authors are Shivanand P. Lad, MD, PhD, Maxwell Boakye, MD and Chirag Gadkary Patil, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 153 general payments to Dr. Hazzard from 41 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 84% of the total. Spine Wave, Inc. paid the most, $38,260.

Dr. Hazzard graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2009.