Dr. Steven W. Paynter, MD

Dr. Paynter practices at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Georgia, part of Hamilton Health Care System.

Dr. Paynter's NPI, 1184676520, was assigned on May 16, 2006. Dr. Paynter graduated from Medical College of Georgia in 1983. Dr. Paynter holds Georgia license 30853.

Dr. Paynter's primary practice is Hamilton Medical Center, at 1200 Memorial Drive, Dalton, GA 30720 in Whitfield County. The practice phone is (706) 272-6105.

Dr. Paynter's primary practice is Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Georgia, part of Hamilton Health Care System. Dr. Paynter is also affiliated with AdventHealth Palm Coast. The medical group on file is Hamilton Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Paynter to 3 more group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Surgery is Dr. Paynter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Paynter is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Paynter's licenses on file in 4 states: Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina.

Dmand AI lists abdominal adhesion surgery, abdominal hernia repair surgery, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, appendectomy, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery, gallbladder removal and groin hernia surgery among the conditions Dr. Paynter treats.

CMS data shows 88 Medicare services from Dr. Paynter across 4 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 118 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,840 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 118 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Paynter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 58 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.56, 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. Paynter's median patient age at 64, with 36% women.

In 2024, Dr. Paynter wrote 91 Medicare Part D claims for 68 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 55 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $136 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 50 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Paynter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

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

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Paynter in 2016. Dr. Paynter's most frequent co-authors are James R. Dunne, MD, Colville H. Ferdinand, MD and Jeffrey M. Nicholas, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 64 general payments to Dr. Paynter from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 43% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $3,219.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Paynter, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Paynter graduated from Medical College of Georgia in 1983. Dr. Paynter is a member of ACS and SLS.

Dr. Paynter is in network with 16 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.