Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson, MD

  • Saint Louis, MO
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1871907378PAC ID6305141649
Medicare services, 2024
615
Medicare patients, 2024
223
Part D claims, 2024
1,439
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
84
Practice address
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Saint Louis, MO 63110
Practice phone
Call (314) 747-3000
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Hospital · Saint Louis, Missouri

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Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson is an ophthalmologist in Saint Louis, Missouri

Dr. Watson practices at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of BJC Health.

Dr. Watson's NPI, 1871907378, was assigned on June 12, 2014. Dr. Watson holds Missouri license 2017010596.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6305141649
NPI enumeration date
June 12, 2014
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(314) 747-3000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
38
Medical school graduation
2014

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

Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson practices at 2 locations in Saint Louis, Missouri

Dr. Watson's primary practice is Barnes-Jewish Hospital, at One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Saint Louis, MO 63110 in St. Louis City. The practice phone is (314) 747-3000. Dr. Watson also practices at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO 63110.

  • Barnes-Jewish HospitalPrimary
    One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Saint Louis, MO 63110 · St. Louis CityPhone(314) 747-3000
  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital
    1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO 63110 · Saint Louis CityPhone(314) 362-5000

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

Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Watson's primary practice is Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of BJC Health. Dr. Watson is also affiliated with Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. The medical group on file is WashU Medicine Psychiatry. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Watson practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Barnes-Jewish HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson is one of 270 ophthalmologists in Missouri

Ophthalmology is Dr. Watson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Watson is licensed in Missouri.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, MissouriPrimaryLicense 2017010596 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Watson

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

Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson billed Medicare for 615 services in 2024

CMS data shows 615 Medicare services from Dr. Watson across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 223 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $69,090 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024615
Medicare patients223
Paid by Medicare$69,090
Procedure codes13

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 2432024: 28417%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2142024: 2203%
Surgery
2023: 1042024: 1117%

Dr. Watson compared with the Missouri median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Watson
  • Missouri median
Medicare services
615vs 1,58261% below
Medicare patients
223vs 63065% below
Part D claims
1,348vs 70392% above

Medians across 286 ophthalmologists in Missouri with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Watson'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. Daniel Joseph Watson treated 223 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 223 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 99 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.17, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Watson's median patient age at 75, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024223
Average age74
Average risk score1.17
Also on Medicaid19%

Dr. Watson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Watson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women12857%
  • Men9543%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure73%
  3. Arthritis43%
  4. Diabetes33%
  5. Ischemic heart disease26%
  6. Mood disorders26%
  7. Depression23%
  8. Chronic kidney disease22%

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

Dr. Watson's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men42%

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

Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson wrote 1,439 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Watson wrote 1,439 Medicare Part D claims for 294 patients. 65% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,348 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $57,629 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,196 claims across 10 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,439
Drugs named by CMS12
Total drug cost$57,629
Part D patients294

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

  • Generic933 claims65%
  • Brand-name506 claims35%

Dr. Watson'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,1962024: 1,34813%

Drugs named by CMS: 12 in 2024, 10 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. Daniel Joseph Watson scored 84 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Watson for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 279 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Watson, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Watson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 84of 100Final score
  • 71.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 76of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Watson ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
88th percentile279 procedures

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

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. Daniel Joseph Watson has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Watson. Dr. Watson's most frequent co-author is Raymond Gerard Areaux, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Watson's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Watson

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Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson received $1,512 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 50 general payments to Dr. Watson from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $904.

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

Companies that paid Dr. Watson 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

Sources for Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson'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 Affiliation DataDmand AI Practice 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
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson's NPI number?

Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson's NPI number is 1871907378. It was assigned on June 12, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson?

Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson is an ophthalmologist in Saint Louis, Missouri. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson practice?

Dr. Watson practices at One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Saint Louis, MO 63110. Dr. Watson also practices at 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO 63110. Dr. Watson's primary practice is Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of BJC Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Watson is (314) 747-3000.

What is Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson's medical license number?

Dr. Watson holds Missouri license 2017010596.

Which hospitals is Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson affiliated with?

Dr. Watson practices at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Watson is also affiliated with Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson part of?

Dr. Watson is linked to WashU Medicine Psychiatry.

Does Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Watson billed Medicare for 615 services in 2024, and Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson's MIPS score?

Dr. Watson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson see?

CMS counts 223 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Watson's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92136), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: eye (66984).

What drugs does Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Watson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Moxifloxacin and Ketorolac Tromethamine.

Has Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,512 in general payments to Dr. Watson from 13 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson been practicing?

Dr. Watson graduated from medical school in 2014, 12 years ago.

Does Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Watson.

Who does Dr. Daniel Joseph Watson publish with?

Dr. Watson's most frequent co-authors are Raymond Gerard Areaux, MD (1 shared paper).

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