Dr. George Karl Van Osten III, MD

Dr. Van Osten practices at North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo in Tupelo, Mississippi, part of North Mississippi Health Services.

Dr. Van Osten's NPI, 1174768287, was assigned on December 4, 2008. Dr. Van Osten holds Mississippi license 20792.

Dr. Van Osten's primary practice is North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo, at 830 S Gloster Street, Tupelo, MS 38801 in Lee County. The practice phone is (662) 377-6608.

Dr. Van Osten's primary practice is North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo in Tupelo, Mississippi, part of North Mississippi Health Services. Dr. Van Osten is also affiliated with HSHS St. Vincent Hospital. The medical group on file is North Mississippi Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Van Osten to 1 more hospital, 2 medical groups, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 hospice, each named with a free account.

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

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Van Osten's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Van Osten is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Van Osten is licensed in Mississippi.

CMS data shows 211 Medicare services from Dr. Van Osten across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 129 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $34,605 for them.

CMS counts 129 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Van Osten in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 52 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 28% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.65, 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. Van Osten's median patient age at 73, with 64% women.

In 2024, Dr. Van Osten wrote 27 Medicare Part D claims for 21 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $82 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 14 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Van Osten accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 14 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Van Osten, more than 65% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 508 general payments to Dr. Van Osten from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 69% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $341,406.