Dexter Wayne Love, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Moultrie, GA
Dexter Wayne Love, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Moultrie, Georgia, and NPI 1366583270, issued on Feb 12, 2007. Check the license (Georgia 079989, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dexter Wayne Love
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License numbers
- 079989 GA
D0072717 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16 Live Oak CT, Moultrie, GA 31768
- Phone
- (229) 785-2400
- Enumerated
- Feb 12, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 4, 2025
- Fax
- (229) 502-9793
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180913001414); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 16 Live Oak CT
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Verify Dexter Wayne Love in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 079989Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
205 Medicare Part D claims for 104 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 75 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ibuprofen58 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen47 claims
- Methylprednisolone19 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium15 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen14 claims
- Meloxicam12 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $539.03
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cgg Medical Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Sterling Orthopedics LLCMoultrie, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dexter Wayne Love among 753 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Georgia
Dexter Wayne Love, MD is one of 753 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 51% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 51% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2005 among the 500 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Moultrie
They are 5 of the 408 NPPES records with a practice address in Moultrie, and 753 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Georgia.
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- Saurabh Khakharia, MDMoultrie, GA 317681932360682
- Charles Hancock, MDThomasville, GA 317921538131412
- Richard Murphy, MDThomasville, GA 317921114990215
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Common questions
What is Dexter Wayne Love, MD's NPI number?
Dexter Wayne Love, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366583270, issued on Feb 12, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dexter Wayne Love, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16 Live Oak CT, Moultrie, GA, 31768. Phone: (229) 785-2400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dexter Wayne Love, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 079989, 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 Dexter Wayne Love, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dexter Wayne Love, MD had 205 Medicare Part D claims for 104 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dexter Wayne Love, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.