Dr. George James Azar III, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 449
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 267
- Part D claims, 2024
- 316
- MIPS score, 2024
- 88
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 139 Fairfield Drive, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
- Practice phone
- Call (601) 450-2506
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Hattiesburg Surgery Center
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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Dr. George James Azar III is a general surgeon in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dr. Azar practices at Hattiesburg Surgery Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Dr. Azar's NPI, 1376632307, was assigned on October 11, 2006. Dr. Azar graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1991. Dr. Azar holds Mississippi license 15260.
- NPI
- 1376632307NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0840254819
- NPI enumeration date
- October 11, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (601) 450-2506
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 61
- Medical school graduation
- 1991
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. George James Azar III practices at Hattiesburg Surgery Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dr. Azar's primary practice is Hattiesburg Surgery Center, at 139 Fairfield Drive, Hattiesburg, MS 39402. The practice phone is (601) 450-2506.
- Hattiesburg Surgery Center139 Fairfield Drive, Hattiesburg, MS 39402Phone(601) 450-2506
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. George James Azar III is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Azar's primary practice is Hattiesburg Surgery Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dr. Azar is also affiliated with Merit Health Wesley. The medical group on file is Merit Health Medical Group - Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dmand AI also links Dr. Azar to 2 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. George James Azar III's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Azar practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Hattiesburg Surgery Center | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. George James Azar III is one of 223 general surgeons in Mississippi
Surgery is Dr. Azar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Azar is licensed in Mississippi.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, MississippiPrimary
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Dr. George James Azar III billed Medicare for 449 services in 2024
CMS data shows 449 Medicare services from Dr. Azar across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 267 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $35,439 for them.
Dr. Azar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4592024: 41510%
- Other services
- 2023: 152024: 2353%
- Surgery
- 2023: 522024: 1179%
Where Dr. Azar's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office32873%
- In a facility12127%
Dr. Azar compared with the Mississippi median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Azar
- Mississippi median
- Medicare services
- 449vs 29353% above
- Medicare patients
- 267vs 18544% above
- Part D claims
- 201vs 692.9 times
Medians across 207 general surgeons in Mississippi with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Azar'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. George James Azar III treated 267 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 267 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Azar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 124 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.50, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Azar's median patient age at 66, with 57% women.
Dr. Azar's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Azar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women14755%
- Men12045%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Azar's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol73%
- Arthritis58%
- Diabetes43%
- Ischemic heart disease40%
- Anxiety32%
- Mood disorders30%
- Chronic kidney disease27%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Azar's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 66
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women57%
- Men43%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. George James Azar III wrote 316 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Azar wrote 316 Medicare Part D claims for 154 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 201 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,032 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 239 claims across 8 drugs.
Dr. Azar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic315 claims100%
- Brand-name and other1 claims0%
Dr. Azar'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. Azar's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids32%100 of 316 claims
- Antibiotics21%66 of 316 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: 2392024: 20116%
Drugs named by CMS: 9 in 2024, 8 in 2023.
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. George James Azar III scored 88 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Azar for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Azar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 12 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Azar, more than 75% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Azar's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 88of 100Final score
- 73.9of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Azar ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of tissue
- 65th percentile14 procedures
- Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
- 75th percentile12 procedures
- Colonoscopy
- 42nd percentile12 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of the uterus: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
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. George James Azar III received $10,543 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 267 general payments to Dr. Azar from 65 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $5,462.
General payments to Dr. Azar by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Azar by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$5,49852%
- Education$4,07239%
- Travel and lodging$9739%
Companies that paid Dr. Azar the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. George James Azar III graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Dr. Azar graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1991.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. George James Azar III's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. George James Azar III's NPI number?
Dr. George James Azar III's NPI number is 1376632307. It was assigned on October 11, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. George James Azar III?
Dr. George James Azar III is a general surgeon in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. George James Azar III practice?
Dr. Azar practices at 139 Fairfield Drive, Hattiesburg, MS 39402. Dr. Azar's primary practice is Hattiesburg Surgery Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dmand AI also links Dr. Azar to 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. George James Azar III's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Azar is (601) 450-2506.
What is Dr. George James Azar III's medical license number?
Dr. Azar holds Mississippi license 15260.
Which hospitals is Dr. George James Azar III affiliated with?
Dr. Azar is affiliated with Merit Health Wesley.
What medical group is Dr. George James Azar III part of?
Dr. Azar is linked to Merit Health Medical Group - Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dmand AI links Dr. Azar to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. George James Azar III accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Azar billed Medicare for 449 services in 2024, and Dr. Azar accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. George James Azar III's MIPS score?
Dr. Azar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 88 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
How many Medicare patients does Dr. George James Azar III see?
CMS counts 267 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Azar in 2024, with an average age of 73.
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What services does Dr. George James Azar III bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Azar's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), hospital inpatient care (99232) and office visit, new patient (99204).
Where did Dr. George James Azar III go to medical school?
Dr. Azar graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1991.
What drugs does Dr. George James Azar III prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Azar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Anastrozole and Metoclopramide HCl.
Has Dr. George James Azar III received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $10,543 in general payments to Dr. Azar from 65 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. George James Azar III been practicing?
Dr. Azar graduated from medical school in 1991, 35 years ago.
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