Dr. John E. Golay, MD

  • West Columbia, SC
  • Family medicine physician
NPI1215944137PAC ID7517098981
Medicare services, 2024
3,706
Medicare patients, 2024
450
Part D claims, 2024
12,352
MIPS score, 2024
84
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
2720 Sunset Blvd, West Columbia, SC 29169
Practice phone
Call (803) 791-2000
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Primary practice

Lexington Medical Center

Hospital · West Columbia, South Carolina

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Dr. John E. Golay is a family medicine physician in West Columbia, South Carolina

Dr. Golay practices at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina, part of Lexington Health.

Dr. Golay's NPI, 1215944137, was assigned on August 2, 2006. Dr. Golay graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 1977. Dr. Golay holds South Carolina license 9237.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7517098981
NPI enumeration date
August 2, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(803) 791-2000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
75
Medical school graduation
1977

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

Dr. John E. Golay practices at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina

Dr. Golay's primary practice is Lexington Medical Center, at 2720 Sunset Blvd, West Columbia, SC 29169 in Lexington County. The practice phone is (803) 791-2000.

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Dr. John E. Golay is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Golay's primary practice is Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina, part of Lexington Health. The medical group on file is Lexington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Golay to 2 more home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. John E. Golay's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Lexington Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. John E. Golay is one of 2,356 family medicine physicians in South Carolina

Family medicine is Dr. Golay's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Golay is licensed in South Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Family medicine, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 9237 · taxonomy 207Q00000X

Family medicine physicians near Dr. Golay

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

Dr. John E. Golay billed Medicare for 3,706 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,706 Medicare services from Dr. Golay across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 450 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $100,911 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20243,706
Medicare patients450
Paid by Medicare$100,911
Procedure codes18

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,0452024: 9549%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 2522024: 858240%
Surgery
2023: 8082024: 7497%
Other services
2023: 1262024: 601377%
Lab and pathology
2023: 2402024: 45389%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1542024: 9141%

Dr. Golay compared with the South Carolina median for family medicine physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Golay
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
3,706vs 7445.0 times
Medicare patients
450vs 23294% above
Part D claims
11,602vs 1,02311.3 times

Medians across 2,295 family medicine physicians in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Golay'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. John E. Golay treated 450 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 450 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Golay in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 205 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.92, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Golay's median patient age at 72, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024450
Average age75
Average risk score0.92

Dr. Golay's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Golay's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women20946%
  • Men24154%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Ischemic heart disease31%
  5. Diabetes24%
  6. Atrial fibrillation18%
  7. Chronic kidney disease18%
  8. Anxiety16%

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

Dr. Golay's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men52%

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

Dr. John E. Golay wrote 12,352 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Golay wrote 12,352 Medicare Part D claims for 610 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11,602 of them, across 166 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $590,359 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11,750 claims across 175 drugs.

Part D claims, 202412,352
Drugs named by CMS166
Total drug cost$590,359
Part D patients610

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

  • Generic11,167 claims90%
  • Brand-name1,114 claims9%
  • Other71 claims1%

Dr. Golay'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. Golay's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids4%536 of 12,352 claims
  • Antibiotics2%234 of 12,352 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%26 of 12,352 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: 11,7502024: 11,6021%

Drugs named by CMS: 166 in 2024, 175 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. John E. Golay 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. Golay for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Golay accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 11 procedures of skin biopsy by Dr. Golay, more than 59% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Golay's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 84of 100Final score
  • 68.9of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Golay ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Skin biopsy
59th percentile11 procedures

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

Removal of skin lesions: 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. John E. Golay received $115 in industry payments in 2016

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Golay from 1 drug or device company in 2016. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Mylan Inc. paid the most, $115.

Companies that paid Dr. Golay the most, 2016 to 2016

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. John E. Golay graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine

Dr. Golay graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 1977.

  1. Medical schoolWest Virginia University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. John E. Golay'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation 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)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. John E. Golay's NPI number?

Dr. John E. Golay's NPI number is 1215944137. It was assigned on August 2, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. John E. Golay?

Dr. John E. Golay is a family medicine physician in West Columbia, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).

Where does Dr. John E. Golay practice?

Dr. Golay practices at 2720 Sunset Blvd, West Columbia, SC 29169. Dr. Golay's primary practice is Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina, part of Lexington Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Golay to 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. John E. Golay's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Golay is (803) 791-2000.

What is Dr. John E. Golay's medical license number?

Dr. Golay holds South Carolina license 9237.

Which hospitals is Dr. John E. Golay affiliated with?

Dr. Golay practices at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina.

What medical group is Dr. John E. Golay part of?

Dr. Golay is linked to Lexington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. Dmand AI links Dr. Golay to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. John E. Golay accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Golay billed Medicare for 3,706 services in 2024, and Dr. Golay accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. John E. Golay's MIPS score?

Dr. Golay'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. John E. Golay see?

CMS counts 450 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Golay in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. John E. Golay bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Golay's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and injected or infused drug (J1010).

Where did Dr. John E. Golay go to medical school?

Dr. Golay graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 1977.

What drugs does Dr. John E. Golay prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Golay's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Alprazolam and Levothyroxine Sodium.

Has Dr. John E. Golay received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $115 in general payments to Dr. Golay from 1 company from 2016 to 2016. The largest total came from Mylan Inc.

How long has Dr. John E. Golay been practicing?

Dr. Golay graduated from medical school in 1977, 49 years ago.

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