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Daniel Lee Heithold, MD

NPI 1588664106ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Chattanooga, TN

Surgery (MD) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, trained at Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine (class of 1993). 135 Medicare patients in 2024, $72,282 paid; nearly all of their 74 Part D prescriptions were generic (99%). Medtronic, Inc. was the largest of 9 companies reporting payments in 2025, $529.78 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1588664106
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJul 26, 2005
Last updated in NPPESAug 15, 2018

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000X30153TN
Surgery208600000X43386GA
Surgery208600000X043386GA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (GA); Practitioner - General Surgery (TN)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients135
Services billed829 across 67 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$72,282

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)74 · 74 30-day fills
Patients64
Total drug cost$396.48
Generic share99% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolMedical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Graduation year1993
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Other facilities

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$529.78 · 14 payments from 9 companies
  • 2024$1,815 · 28 payments from 8 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$529.78 · 14 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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