Dr. Grant W. Carlson, MD

  • Atlanta, GA
  • Plastic surgeon
NPI1689698649PAC ID9032305990
Medicare services, 2024
153
Medicare patients, 2024
121
Part D claims, 2024
124
Publications
201
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
1364 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
Practice phone
Call (404) 686-8500
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Primary practice

Emory University Hospital

Hospital · Atlanta, Georgia

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Dr. Grant W. Carlson is a plastic surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Carlson practices at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Emory University.

Dr. Carlson's NPI, 1689698649, was assigned on July 26, 2006. Dr. Carlson graduated from Emory School of Medicine in 1982. Dr. Carlson holds Georgia license 025122.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9032305990
NPI enumeration date
July 26, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(404) 686-8500
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
70
Medical school graduation
1982

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

Dr. Grant W. Carlson practices at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Carlson's primary practice is Emory University Hospital, at 1364 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 in De Kalb County. The practice phone is (404) 686-8500.

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Dr. Grant W. Carlson is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Carlson's primary practice is Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Emory University. Dr. Carlson is also affiliated with Emory University Hospital Midtown. The medical group on file is Emory Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Carlson to 2 more hospitals and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Grant W. Carlson's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Emory University HospitalAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Grant W. Carlson is one of 158 plastic surgeons in Georgia

Plastic surgery is Dr. Carlson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208200000X. Dr. Carlson is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Carlson's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic surgery, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 025122 · 1983 to 2027 · taxonomy 208200000X
  • Texas license1989 to 1995

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists breast reconstruction and breast surgery among the conditions Dr. Carlson treats.

Plastic surgeons near Dr. Carlson

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Dr. Grant W. Carlson billed Medicare for 153 services in 2024

CMS data shows 153 Medicare services from Dr. Carlson across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 121 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,593 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024153
Medicare patients121
Paid by Medicare$8,593
Procedure codes1

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2022024: 15324%
Surgery
2023: 472024: 0100%

Dr. Carlson compared with the Georgia median for plastic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Carlson
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
153vs 522.9 times
Medicare patients
121vs 562.2 times
Part D claims
71vs 6116% above

Medians across 129 plastic surgeons in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Carlson'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. Grant W. Carlson treated 121 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 121 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Carlson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 64 patients. 75% of them have cancer, and 73% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.95, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Carlson's median patient age at 68, with 99% women.

Medicare patients, 2024121
Average age74
Average risk score0.95

Dr. Carlson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Chronic conditions among Dr. Carlson's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Cancer75%
  2. High cholesterol73%
  3. High blood pressure69%
  4. Arthritis40%
  5. Osteoporosis40%
  6. Ischemic heart disease21%
  7. Diabetes15%
  8. Anxiety14%

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

Dr. Carlson's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women99%
  • Men0%

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

Dr. Grant W. Carlson wrote 124 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Carlson wrote 124 Medicare Part D claims for 47 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 71 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $293 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 112 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024124
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$293
Part D patients47

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

  • Generic120 claims97%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims3%

Dr. Carlson'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. Carlson's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids35%44 of 124 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: 1122024: 7137%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 5 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. Grant W. Carlson 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. Carlson for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Carlson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Carlson'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.

Mastectomy: 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. Grant W. Carlson has 201 publications on record

Dmand AI links 201 papers to Dr. Carlson, published from 2003 to 2024. 2016 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Breast Neoplasms, Mammaplasty and Surgical Flaps. Dr. Carlson has published most often in Ann Plast Surg. Dr. Carlson's most frequent co-authors are Albert Losken, MD, Toncred M. Styblo, MD and Keith A. Delman, MD.

Papers201
Years published2003 to 2024

Dr. Carlson's papers by year, 2015 to 2024

Topics Dr. Carlson writes about most

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Mammaplasty
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Mastectomy
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Breast
  • Melanoma
  • Skin Neoplasms

Dr. Carlson's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Carlson

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Grant W. Carlson has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Carlson to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Surgical Wound Infection and Wound Infection.

Conditions in Dr. Carlson's trials

  • Surgical Wound Infection
  • Wound Infection

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Carlson

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Grant W. Carlson received $591 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 10 general payments to Dr. Carlson from 5 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Kerecis Limited paid the most, $197.

General payments to Dr. Carlson by program year, 2017 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Carlson 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

Dr. Grant W. Carlson has 11 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 11 awards for Dr. Carlson, most recently Junior Residents' Teaching Award in 2005.

Awards and honors for Dr. Carlson

  1. 2005
    • Junior Residents' Teaching Award
  2. 2002
    • Best Panel-Breast Category
  3. 2001
    • Top Breast Doctors in America
    • Top Doctors in Atlanta
  4. 2000
    • Best Paper
  5. 1999
    • Teacher of the Year
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Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Grant W. Carlson graduated from Emory School of Medicine

Dr. Carlson graduated from Emory School of Medicine in 1982. Dr. Carlson is a member of AOA, ACS, ASBS, ASCO, ASPS and SSO.

  1. Medical schoolEmory School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in plastic surgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Grant W. Carlson accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Carlson is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Humana
  • +9 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Carlson accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO7
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Grant W. Carlson'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Grant W. Carlson's NPI number?

Dr. Grant W. Carlson's NPI number is 1689698649. It was assigned on July 26, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Grant W. Carlson?

Dr. Grant W. Carlson is a plastic surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208200000X).

Where does Dr. Grant W. Carlson practice?

Dr. Carlson practices at 1364 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322. Dr. Carlson's primary practice is Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Emory University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Carlson to 2 hospitals and 1 ambulatory surgery center.

What is Dr. Grant W. Carlson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Carlson is (404) 686-8500.

What is Dr. Grant W. Carlson's medical license number?

Dr. Carlson holds Georgia license 025122, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Grant W. Carlson been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Carlson in Georgia (1983 to 2027) and Texas (1989 to 1995).

Which hospitals is Dr. Grant W. Carlson affiliated with?

Dr. Carlson practices at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Carlson is also affiliated with Emory University Hospital Midtown. Dmand AI links Dr. Carlson to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Grant W. Carlson part of?

Dr. Carlson is linked to Emory Clinic.

Does Dr. Grant W. Carlson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Carlson billed Medicare for 153 services in 2024, and Dr. Carlson accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Grant W. Carlson's MIPS score?

Dr. Carlson'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. Grant W. Carlson see?

CMS counts 121 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Carlson in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Grant W. Carlson board certified?

Yes. Dr. Carlson is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

What services does Dr. Grant W. Carlson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Carlson's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Grant W. Carlson go to medical school?

Dr. Carlson graduated from Emory School of Medicine in 1982.

What drugs does Dr. Grant W. Carlson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Carlson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gabapentin and Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. Grant W. Carlson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $591 in general payments to Dr. Carlson from 5 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Kerecis Limited.

How long has Dr. Grant W. Carlson been practicing?

Dr. Carlson graduated from medical school in 1982, 44 years ago.

Does Dr. Grant W. Carlson do research?

Dmand AI links 201 publications to Dr. Carlson, published from 2003 to 2024. Dr. Carlson has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Grant W. Carlson publish with?

Dr. Carlson's most frequent co-authors are Albert Losken, MD (32 shared papers), Toncred M. Styblo, MD (12 shared papers) and Keith A. Delman, MD (8 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Grant W. Carlson accept?

Dr. Carlson is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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