Dr. Jerry E. Watson, MD

  • Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Interventional cardiologist
NPI1174519896PAC ID7618968272
Medicare services, 2024
3,472
Medicare patients, 2024
1,241
Part D claims, 2024
4,867
Publications
3
MIPS score, 2024
99
Practice address
809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Practice phone
Call (843) 692-1000
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Primary practice

Grand Strand Medical Center

Hospital · Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Dr. Jerry E. Watson is an interventional cardiologist in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Dr. Watson practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Watson's NPI, 1174519896, was assigned on September 27, 2005. Dr. Watson graduated from McGovern Medical School in 1989. Dr. Watson holds South Carolina license 14980.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7618968272
NPI enumeration date
September 27, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(843) 692-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

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

Dr. Jerry E. Watson practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Dr. Watson's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center, at 809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 in Horry County. The practice phone is (843) 692-1000.

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Dr. Jerry E. Watson is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Watson's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Watson is also affiliated with McLeod Health Loris. The medical group on file is Grand Strand Surgical Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Jerry E. Watson's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Grand Strand Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Jerry E. Watson is one of 108 interventional cardiologists in South Carolina

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Watson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Watson is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Watson's licenses on file in 2 states: South Carolina and Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Interventional cardiology, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 14980 · 1990 to 2027 · taxonomy 207RI0011X
  • Texas license1990 to 2025

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease, chronic embolism thrombosis, chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease and endocarditis among the conditions Dr. Watson treats.

Interventional cardiologists near Dr. Watson

Counts of interventional cardiologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

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

Dr. Jerry E. Watson billed Medicare for 3,472 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,472 Medicare services from Dr. Watson across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,241 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $241,490 for them.

Medicare services, 20243,472
Medicare patients1,241
Paid by Medicare$241,490
Procedure codes8

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,0142024: 2,010No change
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,1542024: 1,38820%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1142024: 7435%
Lab and pathology
2023: 932024: 0100%

Where Dr. Watson's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office3,45499%
  • In a facility181%

Dr. Watson compared with the South Carolina median for interventional cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Watson
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
3,472vs 3,422Close to median
Medicare patients
1,241vs 1,222Close to median
Part D claims
4,596vs 2,71569% above

Medians across 105 interventional cardiologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Watson'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. Jerry E. Watson treated 1,241 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 1,241 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 556 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.36, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Watson's median patient age at 75, with 41% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,241
Average age76
Average risk score1.36
Also on Medicaid2%

Dr. Watson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Watson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women55745%
  • Men68455%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Ischemic heart disease52%
  5. Atrial fibrillation44%
  6. Heart failure35%
  7. Diabetes34%
  8. Chronic kidney disease30%

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

Dr. Watson's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women41%
  • Men58%

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

Dr. Jerry E. Watson wrote 4,867 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Watson wrote 4,867 Medicare Part D claims for 643 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,596 of them, across 43 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,026,452 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,431 claims across 43 drugs.

Part D claims, 20244,867
Drugs named by CMS43
Total drug cost$1M
Part D patients643

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

  • Generic3,954 claims81%
  • Brand-name913 claims19%

Dr. Watson'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 4,4312024: 4,5964%

Drugs named by CMS: 43 in 2024, 43 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. Jerry E. Watson scored 99 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Watson for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Watson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 99of 100Final score
  • 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Jerry E. Watson has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Watson.

Papers3

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Dr. Jerry E. Watson received $2,843 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 111 general payments to Dr. Watson from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $516.

General payments to Dr. Watson by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Watson by kind, 2016 to 2025

$2.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,82599%
  • Education$181%

Companies that paid Dr. Watson the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Jerry E. Watson graduated from McGovern Medical School

Dr. Watson graduated from McGovern Medical School in 1989.

  1. Medical schoolMcGovern Medical School
  2. Board certified in cardiovascular diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Jerry E. Watson accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers

Dr. Watson is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Watson accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. Medicare11
  3. HMO9
  4. POS7
  5. EPO5
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Jerry E. Watson'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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Jerry E. Watson's NPI number?

Dr. Jerry E. Watson's NPI number is 1174519896. It was assigned on September 27, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Jerry E. Watson?

Dr. Jerry E. Watson is an interventional cardiologist in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Interventional Cardiology Physician (taxonomy code 207RI0011X).

Where does Dr. Jerry E. Watson practice?

Dr. Watson practices at 809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572. Dr. Watson's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Jerry E. Watson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Watson is (843) 692-1000.

What is Dr. Jerry E. Watson's medical license number?

Dr. Watson holds South Carolina license 14980, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Jerry E. Watson been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Watson in South Carolina (1990 to 2027) and Texas (1990 to 2025).

Which hospitals is Dr. Jerry E. Watson affiliated with?

Dr. Watson practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dr. Watson is also affiliated with McLeod Health Loris.

What medical group is Dr. Jerry E. Watson part of?

Dr. Watson is linked to Grand Strand Surgical Care.

Does Dr. Jerry E. Watson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Watson billed Medicare for 3,472 services in 2024, and Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Jerry E. Watson's MIPS score?

Dr. Watson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 99 out of 100, reported individually.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Jerry E. Watson see?

CMS counts 1,241 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024, with an average age of 76.

Is Dr. Jerry E. Watson board certified?

Yes. Dr. Watson is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Jerry E. Watson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Watson's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), heart test or procedure (93000) and heart test or procedure (93306).

Where did Dr. Jerry E. Watson go to medical school?

Dr. Watson graduated from McGovern Medical School in 1989.

What drugs does Dr. Jerry E. Watson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Watson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Eliquis, Metoprolol Succinate and Metoprolol Tartrate.

Has Dr. Jerry E. Watson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,843 in general payments to Dr. Watson from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Boston Scientific Corporation.

How long has Dr. Jerry E. Watson been practicing?

Dr. Watson graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

Does Dr. Jerry E. Watson do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Watson.

What insurance does Dr. Jerry E. Watson accept?

Dr. Watson is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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