Dr. Claro Tesoro Palma, MD

Dr. Palma practices at Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside in Canton, Georgia.

Dr. Palma's NPI, 1679527063, was assigned on May 20, 2006. Dr. Palma holds Georgia license 82720.

Dr. Palma's primary practice is Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside, at 15 Reinhardt College Pkwy, Canton, GA 30114 in Cherokee County. The practice phone is (770) 801-2500.

Dr. Palma's primary practice is Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside in Canton, Georgia. Dr. Palma is also affiliated with Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. The medical group on file is Piedmont Physicians Obstetrics and Gynecology of Jasper. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palma to 4 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Palma practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Rheumatology is Dr. Palma's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Palma is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 1,266 Medicare services from Dr. Palma across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 359 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $68,383 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 359 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palma in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 193 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Palma's median patient age at 67, with 76% women.

In 2024, Dr. Palma wrote 2,284 Medicare Part D claims for 392 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,139 of them, across 39 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,388,227 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,847 claims across 35 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 69 general payments to Dr. Palma from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Celgene Corporation paid the most, $264.