Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright, MD

  • Tifton, GA
  • General surgeon
NPI1932306149PAC ID0446494249
Medicare services, 2024
86
Medicare patients, 2024
64
Part D claims, 2024
135
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$24,568
Practice address
901 E 18th Street, Tifton, GA 31794
Practice phone
Call (229) 382-7120
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Primary practice

Tift Regional Medical Center

Hospital · Tifton, Georgia

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Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright is a general surgeon in Tifton, Georgia

Dr. Cartwright practices at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia, part of Southwell.

Dr. Cartwright's NPI, 1932306149, was assigned on June 29, 2007. Dr. Cartwright graduated from UMKC School of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Cartwright holds Georgia license 65089.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0446494249
NPI enumeration date
June 29, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(229) 382-7120
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
45
Medical school graduation
2007

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

Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright practices at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia

Dr. Cartwright's primary practice is Tift Regional Medical Center, at 901 E 18th Street, Tifton, GA 31794 in Tift County. The practice phone is (229) 382-7120.

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Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Cartwright's primary practice is Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia, part of Southwell. The medical group on file is Tift Regional Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cartwright to 3 more group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 breast imaging center, each named with a free account. Dr. Cartwright's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Tift Regional Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright is one of 853 general surgeons in Georgia

Surgery is Dr. Cartwright's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Cartwright is board certified in obesity medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Cartwright's licenses on file in 5 states: Georgia, Nebraska, Alabama, North Carolina and Minnesota.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 65089 · 2010 to 2026 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Nebraska license2023 to 2024
  • Alabama license2020
  • North Carolina license2018 to 2020
  • Minnesota license2012 to 2013

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists abdominal adhesion surgery, bariatric surgery, colonoscopy, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery, gallbladder removal, hemorrhoids and upper GI endoscopy among the conditions Dr. Cartwright treats.

General surgeons near Dr. Cartwright

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright billed Medicare for 86 services in 2024

CMS data shows 86 Medicare services from Dr. Cartwright across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 64 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,313 for them.

Medicare services, 202486
Medicare patients64
Paid by Medicare$6,313
Procedure codes4

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1312024: 8634%
Surgery
2023: 142024: 0100%

Where Dr. Cartwright's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1619%
  • In a facility7081%

Dr. Cartwright compared with the Georgia median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Cartwright
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
86vs 15043% below
Medicare patients
64vs 10941% below
Part D claims
60vs 5411% above

Medians across 789 general surgeons in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Cartwright'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. Paul Thomas Cartwright treated 64 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 64 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cartwright in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 28 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 41% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.22, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cartwright's median patient age at 65, with 72% women.

Medicare patients, 202464
Average age71
Average risk score2.22
Also on Medicaid41%

Dr. Cartwright's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Cartwright's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women3961%
  • Men2539%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Chronic kidney disease52%
  4. Diabetes48%
  5. Arthritis47%
  6. Mood disorders41%
  7. Anxiety38%
  8. Depression34%

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

Dr. Cartwright's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 65

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women72%
  • Men27%

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

Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright wrote 135 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Cartwright wrote 135 Medicare Part D claims for 73 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 60 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $540 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 235 claims across 9 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024135
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$540
Part D patients73

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

  • Generic125 claims93%
  • Brand-name and other10 claims7%

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

  • Opioids41%56 of 135 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: 2352024: 6074%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 9 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. Paul Thomas Cartwright ranks in the 50th percentile for upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux in Medicare

Dr. Cartwright accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 20 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Cartwright, more than 50% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Cartwright ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
50th percentile20 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

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

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright received $24,568 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 156 general payments to Dr. Cartwright from 40 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 53% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $15,590.

General payments to Dr. Cartwright by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Cartwright by kind, 2016 to 2025

$24.6Kin total
  • Education$13,00053%
  • Travel and lodging$5,69723%
  • Food and beverage$5,51422%
  • Gifts$3581%

Companies that paid Dr. Cartwright the most, 2016 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. Paul Thomas Cartwright has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Cartwright.

Awards and honors for Dr. Cartwright

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright graduated from UMKC School of Medicine

Dr. Cartwright graduated from UMKC School of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Cartwright is a member of ACS, ASMBS and SAGES.

  1. Medical schoolUMKC School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in obesity medicineAmerican Board of Obesity Medicine
  3. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Cartwright is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Cigna
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +9 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Cartwright accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO12
  2. Medicare9
  3. HMO8
  4. EPO5
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (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. Paul Thomas Cartwright's NPI number?

Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright's NPI number is 1932306149. It was assigned on June 29, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright?

Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright is a general surgeon in Tifton, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright practice?

Dr. Cartwright practices at 901 E 18th Street, Tifton, GA 31794. Dr. Cartwright's primary practice is Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia, part of Southwell. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cartwright to 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 breast imaging center.

What is Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Cartwright is (229) 382-7120.

What is Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright's medical license number?

Dr. Cartwright holds Georgia license 65089, one of the licenses on file in 5 states.

Which states has Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Cartwright in Georgia (2010 to 2026), Nebraska (2023 to 2024), Alabama (2020), North Carolina (2018 to 2020) and Minnesota (2012 to 2013).

Which hospitals is Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright affiliated with?

Dr. Cartwright practices at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.

What medical group is Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright part of?

Dr. Cartwright is linked to Tift Regional Health System. Dmand AI links Dr. Cartwright to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cartwright billed Medicare for 86 services in 2024, and Dr. Cartwright accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright see?

CMS counts 64 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cartwright in 2024, with an average age of 71.

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Is Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright board certified?

Yes. Dr. Cartwright is board certified in obesity medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

What services does Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Cartwright's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99222), hospital inpatient care (99231) and hospital inpatient care (99232).

Where did Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright go to medical school?

Dr. Cartwright graduated from UMKC School of Medicine in 2007.

What drugs does Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cartwright's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Ondansetron ODT.

Has Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $24,568 in general payments to Dr. Cartwright from 40 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright been practicing?

Dr. Cartwright graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Paul Thomas Cartwright accept?

Dr. Cartwright is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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