Daniel Lee Heithold, MD
Surgery Physician · Chattanooga, TN
Daniel Lee Heithold, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1588664106, issued on Jul 26, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 30153, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Daniel Lee Heithold
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 30153 TN
043386 GA
43386 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 721 Glenwood Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37421
- Phone
- (423) 362-4554
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 15, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (423) 362-4550
- Medicaid ID
- 000796595C GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060216000255); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Daniel Lee Heithold in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 30153Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
74 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 60 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen54 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): 94.7 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: $1,814.53
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Memorial Health Partners Foundation, IncChattanooga, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Daniel Lee Heithold among 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee
Daniel Lee Heithold, MD is one of 631 surgery physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2003 among the 404 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee.
All 631 in Tennessee → Every provider in Chattanooga → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MDChattanooga, TN 374211245280023
- Rishabh ShahChattanooga, TN 374211134462153
- Sarah Snell, MDChattanooga, TN 374211881791598
- Thomas Moses, MDChattanooga, TN 374111548344278
- Justin Gusching, D.O.Chattanooga, TN 374081386919934
- John Smith, MDChattanooga, TN 374081306330790
- Coleman Arnold, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041629062260
- William Cockerham, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041952395915
Common questions
What is Daniel Lee Heithold, MD's NPI number?
Daniel Lee Heithold, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588664106, issued on Jul 26, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Daniel Lee Heithold, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 721 Glenwood Drive, Chattanooga, TN, 37421. Phone: (423) 362-4554. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Daniel Lee Heithold, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 30153, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Daniel Lee Heithold, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Daniel Lee Heithold, MD had 74 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Daniel Lee Heithold, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.7 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.