Dr. David A. Palay, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,808
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 755
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,332
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Practice address
- 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30342
- Practice phone
- Call (404) 851-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. David A. Palay is an ophthalmologist in Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Palay practices at Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital.
Dr. Palay's NPI, 1730249905, was assigned on December 11, 2006. Dr. Palay graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Palay holds Georgia license 31304.
- NPI
- 1730249905NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4789762048
- NPI enumeration date
- December 11, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (404) 851-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 65
- Medical school graduation
- 1987
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. David A. Palay practices at Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Palay'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.
- Northside Hospital Atlanta1000 Johnson Ferry Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30342 · Fulton CountyPhone(404) 851-8000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. David A. Palay is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Palay's primary practice is Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital. The medical group on file is Northside Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palay to 1 more ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David A. Palay's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Palay practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Northside Hospital Atlanta | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. David A. Palay is one of 484 ophthalmologists in Georgia
Ophthalmology is Dr. Palay's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Palay is licensed in Georgia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, GeorgiaPrimary
Ophthalmologists near Dr. Palay
Counts of ophthalmologists 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. David A. Palay billed Medicare for 1,808 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,808 Medicare services from Dr. Palay across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 755 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $202,601 for them.
Dr. Palay's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,9162024: 1,48123%
- Surgery
- 2023: 3362024: 3273%
Where Dr. Palay's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,56987%
- In a facility23913%
Dr. Palay compared with the Georgia median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Palay
- Georgia median
- Medicare services
- 1,808vs 1,58614% above
- Medicare patients
- 755vs 57232% above
- Part D claims
- 1,211vs 89136% above
Medians across 477 ophthalmologists in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Palay'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. David A. Palay treated 755 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 755 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palay in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 382 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 64% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.81, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Palay's median patient age at 77, with 55% women.
Dr. Palay's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Palay's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women46161%
- Men29439%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Palay's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure64%
- Arthritis43%
- Ischemic heart disease27%
- Osteoporosis22%
- Anxiety17%
- Cancer17%
- Diabetes15%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Palay's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 77
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women55%
- Men44%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. David A. Palay wrote 1,332 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Palay wrote 1,332 Medicare Part D claims for 384 patients. 65% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,211 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $59,547 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,226 claims across 12 drugs.
Dr. Palay's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic870 claims65%
- Brand-name462 claims35%
Dr. Palay'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. Palay's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics2%24 of 1,332 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: 1,2262024: 1,2111%
Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 12 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. David A. Palay scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Palay for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Palay accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 182 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Palay, more than 82% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Where Dr. Palay ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Cataract surgery
- 82nd percentile182 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. David A. Palay has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Palay in 2014. Dr. Palay's most frequent co-authors are Stephen D. McLeod, MD and Shivali Agnani Menda, MD.
Dr. Palay's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Palay
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. David A. Palay received $2,512 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 92 general payments to Dr. Palay from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $863.
General payments to Dr. Palay by program year, 2016 to 2024
General payments to Dr. Palay by kind, 2016 to 2024
- Food and beverage$2,47599%
- Education$381%
Companies that paid Dr. Palay the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. David A. Palay graduated from Emory University School of Medicine
Dr. Palay graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1987.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. David A. Palay'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| 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. David A. Palay's NPI number?
Dr. David A. Palay's NPI number is 1730249905. It was assigned on December 11, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. David A. Palay?
Dr. David A. Palay is an ophthalmologist in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. David A. Palay practice?
Dr. Palay practices at 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30342. Dr. Palay's primary practice is Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palay to 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. David A. Palay's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Palay is (404) 851-8000.
What is Dr. David A. Palay's medical license number?
Dr. Palay holds Georgia license 31304.
Which hospitals is Dr. David A. Palay affiliated with?
Dr. Palay practices at Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia.
What medical group is Dr. David A. Palay part of?
Dr. Palay is linked to Northside Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Palay to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. David A. Palay accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Palay billed Medicare for 1,808 services in 2024, and Dr. Palay accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. David A. Palay's MIPS score?
Dr. Palay's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. David A. Palay see?
CMS counts 755 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palay in 2024, with an average age of 77.
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What services does Dr. David A. Palay bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Palay's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92012) and surgery: eye (66984).
Where did Dr. David A. Palay go to medical school?
Dr. Palay graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1987.
What drugs does Dr. David A. Palay prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Palay's most prescribed drugs by claims were Timolol Maleate, Prednisolone Acetate and Ofloxacin.
Has Dr. David A. Palay received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,512 in general payments to Dr. Palay from 19 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.
How long has Dr. David A. Palay been practicing?
Dr. Palay graduated from medical school in 1987, 39 years ago.
Does Dr. David A. Palay do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Palay.
Who does Dr. David A. Palay publish with?
Dr. Palay's most frequent co-authors are Stephen D. McLeod, MD (1 shared paper) and Shivali Agnani Menda, MD (1 shared paper).
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