Dr. Stephen Wayne George, MD

  • Ellicott City, MD
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1386628055
Medicare services, 2024
21,194
Medicare patients, 2024
358
Part D claims, 2024
1,097
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
90
Practice address
4801 Dorsey Hall Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21042
Practice phone
Call (410) 992-7440
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Primary practice

Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland, P.A.

Ellicott City, Maryland

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Dr. Stephen Wayne George is a rheumatologist in Ellicott City, Maryland

Dr. George practices at Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland, P.A. in Ellicott City, Maryland.

Dr. George's NPI, 1386628055, was assigned on December 5, 2005. Dr. George graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine - Baltimore in 1986. Dr. George holds Maryland license D43195.

NPI and contact details
NPI enumeration date
December 5, 2005
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(410) 992-7440
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1986

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

Dr. Stephen Wayne George practices at Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland, P.A. in Ellicott City, Maryland

Dr. George's primary practice is Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland, P.A., at 4801 Dorsey Hall Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21042 in Howard County. The practice phone is (410) 992-7440.

  • Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland, P.A.
    4801 Dorsey Hall Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21042 · Howard CountyPhone(410) 992-7440

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Stephen Wayne George is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. George's primary practice is Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland, P.A. in Ellicott City, Maryland. The medical group on file is Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland. Dmand AI also links Dr. George to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Stephen Wayne George's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland, P.A.Available with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Stephen Wayne George is one of 177 rheumatologists in Maryland

Rheumatology is Dr. George's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dmand AI has Dr. George's licenses on file in 2 states: Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, MarylandPrimaryLicense D43195 · 1992 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RR0500X
  • Pennsylvania license1987 to 1992

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, fluid in a joint, gout, joint arthropathy, joint pain and lupus among the conditions Dr. George treats.

Rheumatologists near Dr. George

Counts of rheumatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

177rheumatologists in Maryland
8rheumatologists in Ellicott City

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

Dr. Stephen Wayne George billed Medicare for 21,194 services in 2024

CMS data shows 21,194 Medicare services from Dr. George across 25 procedure codes in 2024, for 358 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $325,308 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202421,194
Medicare patients358
Paid by Medicare$325,308
Procedure codes25

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 9,8412024: 18,89392%
Lab and pathology
2023: 1,8072024: 89850%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8462024: 48343%
Tests and treatments
2023: 7862024: 42246%
Surgery
2023: 5292024: 37429%
Other services
2023: 292024: 124328%

Dr. George compared with the Maryland median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. George
  • Maryland median
Medicare services
21,194vs 3,9155.4 times
Medicare patients
358vs 30019% above
Part D claims
906vs 78216% above

Medians across 168 rheumatologists in Maryland with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. George'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. Stephen Wayne George treated 358 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 358 Medicare patients who saw Dr. George in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 150 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% 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. George's median patient age at 56, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 2024358
Average age75
Average risk score1.26
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. George's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. George's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women27376%
  • Men8524%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure70%
  4. Osteoporosis48%
  5. Ischemic heart disease27%
  6. Anxiety25%
  7. Mood disorders25%
  8. Chronic kidney disease23%

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

Dr. George's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 56

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men36%

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

Dr. Stephen Wayne George wrote 1,097 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. George wrote 1,097 Medicare Part D claims for 216 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 906 of them, across 25 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $245,742 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,036 claims across 27 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,097
Drugs named by CMS25
Total drug cost$245,742
Part D patients216

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

  • Generic1,037 claims95%
  • Brand-name and other60 claims5%

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

  • Opioids11%124 of 1,097 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: 1,0362024: 90613%

Drugs named by CMS: 25 in 2024, 27 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. Stephen Wayne George scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. George for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group.

Dr. George's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 89.8of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 80of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Stephen Wayne George has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. George. Dr. George's most frequent co-author is Caleb J. Behrend, MD.

Papers1

Dr. George's most frequent co-authors

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Dr. Stephen Wayne George received $30,133 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 1,710 general payments to Dr. George from 56 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $5,376.

General payments to Dr. George by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. George by kind, 2016 to 2024

$30.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$29,93599%
  • Education$1971%

Companies that paid Dr. George the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Stephen Wayne George has 6 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 6 awards for Dr. George, most recently Top Doctor in 2022.

Awards and honors for Dr. George

  1. 2022
    • Top Doctor
  2. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  3. Undated
    • AAP Fellow
    • ACR Fellow
    • Checkbook Top Doc
    • Super Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Stephen Wayne George graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine - Baltimore

Dr. George graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine - Baltimore in 1986. Dr. George is a member of AAP, ACP and ACR.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine - Baltimore

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Dr. Stephen Wayne George accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. George is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Cigna
  • HCSC
  • +3 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. George accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare10
  2. PPO9
  3. HMO5
  4. POS4
  5. EPO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Stephen Wayne George'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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 percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
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. Stephen Wayne George's NPI number?

Dr. Stephen Wayne George's NPI number is 1386628055. It was assigned on December 5, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Stephen Wayne George?

Dr. Stephen Wayne George is a rheumatologist in Ellicott City, Maryland. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Stephen Wayne George practice?

Dr. George practices at 4801 Dorsey Hall Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21042. Dr. George's primary practice is Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland, P.A. in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dmand AI also links Dr. George to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Stephen Wayne George's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. George is (410) 992-7440.

What is Dr. Stephen Wayne George's medical license number?

Dr. George holds Maryland license D43195, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Stephen Wayne George been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. George in Maryland (1992 to 2026) and Pennsylvania (1987 to 1992).

What medical group is Dr. Stephen Wayne George part of?

Dr. George is linked to Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland.

Does Dr. Stephen Wayne George accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. George billed Medicare for 21,194 services in 2024.

What is Dr. Stephen Wayne George's MIPS score?

Dr. George's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Stephen Wayne George see?

CMS counts 358 Medicare patients who saw Dr. George in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. Stephen Wayne George bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. George's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3111), injected or infused drug (J0897) and injected or infused drug (J1745).

Where did Dr. Stephen Wayne George go to medical school?

Dr. George graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine - Baltimore in 1986.

What drugs does Dr. Stephen Wayne George prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. George's most prescribed drugs by claims were Methotrexate, Prednisone and Celecoxib.

Has Dr. Stephen Wayne George received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $30,133 in general payments to Dr. George from 56 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.

How long has Dr. Stephen Wayne George been practicing?

Dr. George graduated from medical school in 1986, 40 years ago.

Does Dr. Stephen Wayne George do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. George.

Who does Dr. Stephen Wayne George publish with?

Dr. George's most frequent co-authors are Caleb J. Behrend, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Stephen Wayne George accept?

Dr. George is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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