NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

David Stephen Carson, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Dalton, GA

David Stephen Carson, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Dalton, Georgia, and NPI 1679575484, issued on Aug 11, 2005. Check the license (Georgia 48336, 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
1679575484
Name
David Stephen Carson
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
48336 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1209 W Walnut Ave, Dalton, GA 30720
Phone
(706) 226-5300
Enumerated
Aug 11, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(706) 226-6277
Medicaid ID
00860098B GA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100520000534); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Mercer University School Of Medicine, 1997
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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Verify David Stephen Carson 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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2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

7,705 Medicare Part D claims for 266 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. 274 claims were for opioids.

  1. David Carson7,705
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Levothyroxine Sodium422 claims
  2. Pantoprazole Sodium286 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate254 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium240 claims
  5. Omeprazole212 claims
  6. Gabapentin211 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

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

David Stephen Carson among 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia

David Stephen Carson, MD is one of 3,911 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 81% 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, 90% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
  • Graduated1997 · median 2005 among the 2,535 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 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 207R00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

41 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Dalton

They are 41 of the 1,269 NPPES records with a practice address in Dalton, and 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. James Blackwell, M.D.Dalton, GA 307201063410694
  2. Glenn Boyd, MDDalton, GA 307201093763682
  3. Francisco Castaneda, M.D.Dalton, GA 307201164451209
  4. Jane ClarkDalton, GA 307201659530004
  5. Julia Garcia, M.D.Dalton, GA 307201174512321
  6. Stanley Hoy, M.D.Dalton, GA 307201851389340
  7. Mahsheed Khajavi, M.D.Dalton, GA 307201114945979
  8. Carlton Lancaster, MDDalton, GA 307201508941857

Common questions

What is David Stephen Carson, MD's NPI number?

David Stephen Carson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679575484, issued on Aug 11, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is David Stephen Carson, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1209 W Walnut Ave, Dalton, GA, 30720. Phone: (706) 226-5300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify David Stephen Carson, MD's license?

NPPES lists Georgia license number 48336, 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 David Stephen Carson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, David Stephen Carson, MD had 7,705 Medicare Part D claims for 266 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is David Stephen Carson, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.