Dr. Mitchell Wattles, MD

Dr. Wattles practices at Missouri Podiatric Surgicare in Washington, Missouri.

Dr. Wattles' NPI, 1598127615, was assigned on March 28, 2016. Dr. Wattles holds Missouri license 2022036718.

Dr. Wattles' primary practice is Missouri Podiatric Surgicare, at 851 E 5th St, Washington, MO 63090 in Franklin County. The practice phone is (636) 239-0018.

Dr. Wattles' primary practice is Missouri Podiatric Surgicare in Washington, Missouri. Dr. Wattles is also affiliated with Mercy Hospital St. Louis. The medical group on file is Mercy Clinic Surgical Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wattles to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies, 2 medical groups and 1 therapy and rehab clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Wattles practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Wattles' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Wattles' licenses on file in 3 states: Missouri, Kentucky and Mississippi.

CMS data shows 5,145 Medicare services from Dr. Wattles across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 395 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $144,268 for them.

CMS counts 395 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wattles in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 174 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.34, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Wattles' median patient age at 73, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Wattles wrote 1,538 Medicare Part D claims for 325 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,444 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $8,463 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 914 claims across 13 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Wattles for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Wattles accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 32 procedures of hip replacement by Dr. Wattles, more than 77% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Wattles. Dr. Wattles' most frequent co-authors are Lindsay Hunt Hockensmith, MD, Henry John Iwinski, MD and Vincent W. Prusick, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 45 general payments to Dr. Wattles from 12 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $15,371.