Dr. Clifton Gregrory Meals, MD

Dr. Meals practices at Piedmont Orthopedics in Covington, Georgia.

Dr. Meals' NPI, 1144531211, was assigned on June 23, 2010. Dr. Meals holds Georgia license 076599.

Dr. Meals' primary practice is Piedmont Orthopedics, at 4181 Hospital NE Dr, Covington, GA 30014 in Newton County. The practice phone is (404) 352-1053.

Dr. Meals' primary practice is Piedmont Orthopedics in Covington, Georgia. Dr. Meals is also affiliated with Piedmont Newton Hospital. The medical group on file is Emory Rehabilitation Outpatient Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Meals to 1 more hospital, 3 medical groups, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 therapy and rehab clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Meals practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hand surgery is Dr. Meals' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0106X. Dr. Meals is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 1,104 Medicare services from Dr. Meals across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 306 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $42,504 for them.

CMS counts 306 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Meals in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 128 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.26, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Meals' median patient age at 59, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Meals wrote 198 Medicare Part D claims for 140 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 148 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $457 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 99 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Meals for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Meals accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

Dmand AI links 17 papers to Dr. Meals, published from 2009 to 2020. 2017 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Hand, Postoperative Complications and Reoperation. Dr. Meals has published most often in J Hand Surg Am. Dr. Meals' most frequent co-authors are Russell Eric Holzgrefe, MD, Roy Allen Meals, MD and Kenneth R. Means, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 17 general payments to Dr. Meals from 7 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 71% of the total. United Orthopedics LLC paid the most, $1,200.