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.
- 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
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Verify Charles A. Craton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 041539Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium351 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium285 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate272 claims
- Losartan Potassium270 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium226 claims
- 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.
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.
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
- 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.
All 28 in Douglasville → All 3,911 in Georgia → Every provider in Douglasville →
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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.