Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 3,453
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 204
- Part D claims, 2024
- 11,303
- MIPS score, 2024
- 90
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 805 Pamplico Hwy Box 100550, Florence, SC 29505
- Practice phone
- Call (843) 674-2500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson is a family medicine physician in Florence, South Carolina
Dr. Atkinson practices at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina, part of Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr. Atkinson's NPI, 1144314394, was assigned on October 3, 2006. Dr. Atkinson graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Atkinson holds South Carolina license 15463.
- NPI
- 1144314394NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 5294764411
- NPI enumeration date
- October 3, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (843) 674-2500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 62
- Medical school graduation
- 1990
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson practices at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina
Dr. Atkinson's primary practice is MUSC Health Florence Medical Center, at 805 Pamplico Hwy Box 100550, Florence, SC 29505 in Florence County. The practice phone is (843) 674-2500.
- MUSC Health Florence Medical Center805 Pamplico Hwy Box 100550, Florence, SC 29505 · Florence CountyPhone(843) 674-2500
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Atkinson's primary practice is MUSC Health Florence Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina, part of Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Atkinson is also affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center. The medical group on file is MUSC Community Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Atkinson to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups, 1 home health agency and 1 rural health 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. Ernest M. Atkinson's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Atkinson practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +6 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson is one of 2,356 family medicine physicians in South Carolina
Family medicine is Dr. Atkinson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Atkinson is licensed in South Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Family medicine, South CarolinaPrimary
Family medicine physicians near Dr. Atkinson
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson billed Medicare for 3,453 services in 2024
CMS data shows 3,453 Medicare services from Dr. Atkinson across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 204 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $91,502 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Atkinson's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 242024: 1,3525533%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,0132024: 9209%
- Surgery
- 2023: 5602024: 5413%
- Other services
- 2023: 1682024: 443164%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1122024: 1174%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 672024: 8019%
Dr. Atkinson compared with the South Carolina median for family medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Atkinson
- South Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 3,453vs 7444.6 times
- Medicare patients
- 204vs 23212% below
- Part D claims
- 10,576vs 1,02310.3 times
Medians across 2,295 family medicine physicians in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Atkinson'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. Ernest M. Atkinson treated 204 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 204 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Atkinson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 87 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Atkinson's median patient age at 68, with 54% women.
Dr. Atkinson's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Atkinson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women10953%
- Men9547%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Atkinson's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis44%
- Diabetes43%
- Anxiety23%
- Chronic kidney disease20%
- Ischemic heart disease19%
- Mood disorders19%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Atkinson's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 68
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women54%
- Men45%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson wrote 11,303 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Atkinson wrote 11,303 Medicare Part D claims for 540 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 10,576 of them, across 140 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,228,813 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 9,855 claims across 137 drugs.
Dr. Atkinson's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic9,613 claims85%
- Brand-name1,613 claims14%
- Other77 claims1%
Dr. Atkinson'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. Atkinson's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids0%36 of 11,303 claims
- Antibiotics1%111 of 11,303 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%47 of 11,303 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: 9,8552024: 10,5767%
Drugs named by CMS: 140 in 2024, 137 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. Ernest M. Atkinson 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. Atkinson for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Atkinson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Atkinson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 90of 100Final score
- 83.2of 100Quality
- 98of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Skin biopsy: 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. Ernest M. Atkinson received $2,508 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023
CMS Open Payments shows 178 general payments to Dr. Atkinson from 23 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $625.
General payments to Dr. Atkinson by program year, 2016 to 2023
General payments to Dr. Atkinson by kind, 2016 to 2023
- Food and beverage$2,503100%
- Education$50%
Companies that paid Dr. Atkinson the most, 2016 to 2023
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Dr. Atkinson graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1990.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson'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. Ernest M. Atkinson's NPI number?
Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson's NPI number is 1144314394. It was assigned on October 3, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson?
Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson is a family medicine physician in Florence, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).
Where does Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson practice?
Dr. Atkinson practices at 805 Pamplico Hwy Box 100550, Florence, SC 29505. Dr. Atkinson's primary practice is MUSC Health Florence Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina, part of Medical University of South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Atkinson to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups, 1 home health agency and 1 rural health clinic.
What is Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Atkinson is (843) 674-2500.
What is Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson's medical license number?
Dr. Atkinson holds South Carolina license 15463.
Which hospitals is Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson affiliated with?
Dr. Atkinson practices at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina. Dr. Atkinson is also affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Atkinson to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson part of?
Dr. Atkinson is linked to MUSC Community Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Atkinson to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Atkinson billed Medicare for 3,453 services in 2024, and Dr. Atkinson accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson's MIPS score?
Dr. Atkinson'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. Ernest M. Atkinson see?
CMS counts 204 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Atkinson in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Atkinson's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415).
Where did Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson go to medical school?
Dr. Atkinson graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1990.
What drugs does Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Atkinson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amlodipine Besylate, Atorvastatin Calcium and Rosuvastatin Calcium.
Has Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,508 in general payments to Dr. Atkinson from 23 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
How long has Dr. Ernest M. Atkinson been practicing?
Dr. Atkinson graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.
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