Dr. Nicholas Au Yong, MD

  • Atlanta, GA
  • Neurosurgeon
NPI1407146772PAC ID4587916770
Medicare services, 2024
166
Medicare patients, 2024
120
Part D claims, 2024
87
Publications
10
MIPS score, 2024
95
Practice address
2201 Henderson Mill NE Rd, Atlanta, GA 30345
Practice phone
Call (404) 778-2144
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Primary practice

The Emory Clinic Inc

Atlanta, Georgia

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Dr. Nicholas Au Yong is a neurosurgeon in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Au Yong practices at The Emory Clinic Inc in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Au Yong's NPI, 1407146772, was assigned on April 7, 2011. Dr. Au Yong holds Georgia license 080427.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4587916770
NPI enumeration date
April 7, 2011
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(404) 778-2144
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
41
Medical school graduation
2011

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Nicholas Au Yong practices at The Emory Clinic Inc in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Au Yong's primary practice is The Emory Clinic Inc, at 2201 Henderson Mill NE Rd, Atlanta, GA 30345 in Dekalb County. The practice phone is (404) 778-2144.

  • The Emory Clinic Inc
    2201 Henderson Mill NE Rd, Atlanta, GA 30345 · Dekalb CountyPhone(404) 778-2144

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Nicholas Au Yong is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Au Yong's primary practice is The Emory Clinic Inc in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Au Yong is also affiliated with Emory University Hospital. The medical group on file is Emory Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Au Yong to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nicholas Au Yong's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Au Yong practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The Emory Clinic IncAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Nicholas Au Yong is one of 210 neurosurgeons in Georgia

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurological surgery, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 080427 · taxonomy 207T00000X

Neurosurgeons near Dr. Au Yong

Counts of neurosurgeons 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. Nicholas Au Yong billed Medicare for 166 services in 2024

CMS data shows 166 Medicare services from Dr. Au Yong across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 120 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $91,474 for them.

Medicare services, 2024166
Medicare patients120
Paid by Medicare$91,474
Procedure codes6

Dr. Au Yong's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 742024: 763%
Surgery
2023: 522024: 6729%
Other services
2023: 02024: 23

Where Dr. Au Yong's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office9960%
  • In a facility6740%

Dr. Au Yong compared with the Georgia median for neurosurgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Au Yong
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
166vs 25134% below
Medicare patients
120vs 16326% below
Part D claims
69vs 10836% below

Medians across 197 neurosurgeons in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Au Yong's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Nicholas Au Yong treated 120 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 120 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Au Yong in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 47 patients. 70% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Au Yong's median patient age at 67, with 43% women.

Medicare patients, 2024120
Average age69
Average risk score1.37
Also on Medicaid18%

Dr. Au Yong's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Au Yong's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4134%
  • Men7966%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Au Yong's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol70%
  2. High blood pressure69%
  3. Arthritis43%
  4. Parkinson's disease38%
  5. Anxiety34%
  6. Mood disorders34%
  7. Depression32%
  8. Diabetes27%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Au Yong's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women43%
  • Men57%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Nicholas Au Yong wrote 87 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Au Yong wrote 87 Medicare Part D claims for 51 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 69 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $428 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 45 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202487
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$428
Part D patients51

Dr. Au Yong's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic80 claims92%
  • Brand-name and other7 claims8%

Dr. Au Yong'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. Au Yong's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids48%42 of 87 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: 452024: 6953%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 2 in 2023.

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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. Nicholas Au Yong scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Au Yong for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Au Yong accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Au Yong as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Au Yong's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 95of 100Final score
  • 80.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

Spinal fusion: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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. Nicholas Au Yong has 10 publications on record

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Au Yong, published from 2017 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Action Potentials, Cells, Cultured and Homeostasis. Dr. Au Yong has published most often in J Neural Eng. Dr. Au Yong's most frequent co-authors are Nicholas M. Boulis, MD, Christine Doss Esper, MD and Stewart A. Factor, DO.

Papers10
Years published2017 to 2025

Dr. Au Yong's papers by year, 2017 to 2025

Topics Dr. Au Yong writes about most

  • Action Potentials
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Homeostasis
  • Neuronal Plasticity
  • Spinal Cord

Dr. Au Yong's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Au Yong

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Dr. Nicholas Au Yong received $25,702 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 83 general payments to Dr. Au Yong from 9 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 48% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $15,155.

General payments to Dr. Au Yong by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Au Yong by kind, 2017 to 2025

$25.7Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$12,39048%
  • Consulting fees$10,63941%
  • Food and beverage$2,67310%

Companies that paid Dr. Au Yong the most, 2017 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Nicholas Au Yong's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Nicholas Au Yong's NPI number?

Dr. Nicholas Au Yong's NPI number is 1407146772. It was assigned on April 7, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Nicholas Au Yong?

Dr. Nicholas Au Yong is a neurosurgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).

Where does Dr. Nicholas Au Yong practice?

Dr. Au Yong practices at 2201 Henderson Mill NE Rd, Atlanta, GA 30345. Dr. Au Yong's primary practice is The Emory Clinic Inc in Atlanta, Georgia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Au Yong to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Nicholas Au Yong's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Au Yong is (404) 778-2144.

What is Dr. Nicholas Au Yong's medical license number?

Dr. Au Yong holds Georgia license 080427.

Which hospitals is Dr. Nicholas Au Yong affiliated with?

Dr. Au Yong is affiliated with Emory University Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Au Yong to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Nicholas Au Yong part of?

Dr. Au Yong is linked to Emory Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Au Yong to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Nicholas Au Yong accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Au Yong billed Medicare for 166 services in 2024, and Dr. Au Yong accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Nicholas Au Yong offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Au Yong as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Nicholas Au Yong's MIPS score?

Dr. Au Yong's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nicholas Au Yong see?

CMS counts 120 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Au Yong in 2024, with an average age of 69.

What services does Dr. Nicholas Au Yong bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Au Yong's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99205), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: brain, spine and nerves (61885).

What drugs does Dr. Nicholas Au Yong prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Au Yong's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ondansetron ODT, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen and Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. Nicholas Au Yong received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $25,702 in general payments to Dr. Au Yong from 9 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic, Inc.

How long has Dr. Nicholas Au Yong been practicing?

Dr. Au Yong graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.

Does Dr. Nicholas Au Yong do research?

Dmand AI links 10 publications to Dr. Au Yong, published from 2017 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Nicholas Au Yong publish with?

Dr. Au Yong's most frequent co-authors are Nicholas M. Boulis, MD (3 shared papers), Christine Doss Esper, MD (2 shared papers) and Stewart A. Factor, DO (2 shared papers).

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