Dr. Joseph D. Walrath, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 776
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 510
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,005
- MIPS score, 2024
- 86
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 1945 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Practice phone
- Call (770) 287-1500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Gainesville Surgery Center
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Gainesville, Georgia
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Dr. Joseph D. Walrath is an ophthalmologist in Gainesville, Georgia
Dr. Walrath practices at Gainesville Surgery Center in Gainesville, Georgia.
Dr. Walrath's NPI, 1720109853, was assigned on April 3, 2007. Dr. Walrath graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2003. Dr. Walrath holds Georgia license 060514.
- NPI
- 1720109853NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7719059922
- NPI enumeration date
- April 3, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (770) 287-1500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 49
- Medical school graduation
- 2003
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Joseph D. Walrath practices at Gainesville Surgery Center in Gainesville, Georgia
Dr. Walrath's primary practice is Gainesville Surgery Center, at 1945 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA 30501. The practice phone is (770) 287-1500.
- Gainesville Surgery Center1945 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA 30501Phone(770) 287-1500
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Joseph D. Walrath is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Walrath's primary practice is Gainesville Surgery Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Dr. Walrath is also affiliated with Northside Hospital Atlanta. The medical group on file is Emory Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walrath to 1 more hospital, 2 ambulatory surgery centers and 2 medical groups, 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. Joseph D. Walrath's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Walrath practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Gainesville Surgery Center | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Joseph D. Walrath is one of 484 ophthalmologists in Georgia
Ophthalmology is Dr. Walrath's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Walrath is licensed in Georgia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, GeorgiaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Joseph D. Walrath billed Medicare for 776 services in 2024
CMS data shows 776 Medicare services from Dr. Walrath across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 510 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $138,872 for them.
Dr. Walrath's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4932024: 491No change
- Surgery
- 2023: 3942024: 26134%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 202024: 2420%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 3,3002024: 0100%
Where Dr. Walrath's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office60177%
- In a facility17523%
Dr. Walrath compared with the Georgia median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Walrath
- Georgia median
- Medicare services
- 776vs 1,58651% below
- Medicare patients
- 510vs 57211% below
- Part D claims
- 961vs 8918% above
Medians across 477 ophthalmologists in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Walrath'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. Joseph D. Walrath treated 510 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 510 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walrath in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 257 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.91, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Walrath's median patient age at 71, with 59% women.
Dr. Walrath's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Walrath's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women31963%
- Men19137%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Walrath's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure70%
- Arthritis47%
- Ischemic heart disease27%
- Diabetes25%
- Anxiety22%
- Chronic kidney disease18%
- Osteoporosis18%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Walrath's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 71
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women59%
- Men40%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Joseph D. Walrath wrote 1,005 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Walrath wrote 1,005 Medicare Part D claims for 517 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 961 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $10,817 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,083 claims across 10 drugs.
Dr. Walrath's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic835 claims83%
- Brand-name170 claims17%
Dr. Walrath'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. Walrath's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%30 of 1,005 claims
- Antibiotics12%117 of 1,005 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: 1,0832024: 96111%
Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 10 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. Joseph D. Walrath scored 86 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Walrath for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Walrath accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 18 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Walrath, more than 73% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Walrath's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 86of 100Final score
- 81.2of 100Quality
- 92of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 78of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Walrath ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Skin biopsy
- 63rd percentile19 procedures
- Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
- 73rd percentile18 procedures
- Removal of tissue
- 64th percentile13 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. Joseph D. Walrath received $1,109 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 31 general payments to Dr. Walrath from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Horizon Pharma plc paid the most, $503.
General payments to Dr. Walrath by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Walrath by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$1,09499%
- Education$161%
Companies that paid Dr. Walrath 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. Joseph D. Walrath graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Walrath graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2003.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Joseph D. Walrath'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) |
| 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. Joseph D. Walrath's NPI number?
Dr. Joseph D. Walrath's NPI number is 1720109853. It was assigned on April 3, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Joseph D. Walrath?
Dr. Joseph D. Walrath is an ophthalmologist in Gainesville, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. Joseph D. Walrath practice?
Dr. Walrath practices at 1945 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA 30501. Dr. Walrath's primary practice is Gainesville Surgery Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walrath to 1 hospital, 2 ambulatory surgery centers and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Joseph D. Walrath's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Walrath is (770) 287-1500.
What is Dr. Joseph D. Walrath's medical license number?
Dr. Walrath holds Georgia license 060514.
Which hospitals is Dr. Joseph D. Walrath affiliated with?
Dr. Walrath is affiliated with Northside Hospital Atlanta. Dmand AI links Dr. Walrath to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Joseph D. Walrath part of?
Dr. Walrath is linked to Emory Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Walrath to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Joseph D. Walrath accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Walrath billed Medicare for 776 services in 2024, and Dr. Walrath accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Joseph D. Walrath's MIPS score?
Dr. Walrath's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Joseph D. Walrath see?
CMS counts 510 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walrath in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Joseph D. Walrath bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Walrath's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: eye (67904).
Where did Dr. Joseph D. Walrath go to medical school?
Dr. Walrath graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2003.
What drugs does Dr. Joseph D. Walrath prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Walrath's most prescribed drugs by claims were Erythromycin, Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth and Prednisolone Acetate.
Has Dr. Joseph D. Walrath received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,109 in general payments to Dr. Walrath from 6 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Horizon Pharma plc.
How long has Dr. Joseph D. Walrath been practicing?
Dr. Walrath graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.
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