NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Charles A. Craton, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Douglasville, GA

Charles A. Craton, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Douglasville, Georgia, and NPI 1568435501, issued on Feb 9, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 041539, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1568435501
Name
Charles A. Craton
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
041539 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8820 Hospital Dr, Douglasville, GA 30134
Phone
(770) 947-3000
Enumerated
Feb 9, 2006
Record last updated
Dec 6, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(770) 947-3012
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080122000523); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 1993
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 8820 Hospital Dr

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  4. Christiana Jones, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1699144709
  5. James Lantz, MDInternal Medicine Physician1881667822
  6. Chinomnso Onyekaba, MDFamily Medicine Physician1427672633

Verify Charles A. Craton in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

7,082 Medicare Part D claims for 642 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 198 claims were for opioids.

  1. Charles Craton7,082
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium351 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium285 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate272 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium270 claims
  5. Rosuvastatin Calcium226 claims
  6. Pantoprazole Sodium184 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 92.9 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score80.4
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $2,081.76

124 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Charles Craton$2,081.76
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Wellstar Medical Group LLCKennesaw, GA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

28 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Douglasville

They are 28 of the 1,382 NPPES records with a practice address in Douglasville, and 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia.

Other internal medicine physician records in Georgia

  1. Karam A.alabed, MDRome, GA1871410969
  2. Muhammad Abbasi, M.D.Covington, GA1962496893
  3. Rahat AbbasiAugusta, GA1578057261
  4. Diane Abby Burr, D.O.Carrollton, GA1255374278
  5. Izzeldin Abdalla, MDFayetteville, GA1760731962
  6. Bsmah Abdalslam, M.DAustell, GA1598013492
  7. Eltigani Abdelhai, MDGainesville, GA1538233531
  8. Maged Abdelmalik, M.D.Folkston, GA1770558470
  9. Maher Abdulla, M.D.Warner Robins, GA1316997489
  10. Ibipo Abdurraheem-Salami, MDAthens, GA1962024323

Common questions

What is Charles A. Craton, MD's NPI number?

Charles A. Craton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568435501, issued on Feb 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Charles A. Craton, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8820 Hospital Dr, Douglasville, GA, 30134. Phone: (770) 947-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Charles A. Craton, MD's license?

NPPES lists Georgia license number 041539, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Charles A. Craton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Charles A. Craton, MD had 7,082 Medicare Part D claims for 642 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Charles A. Craton, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.9 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.