NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

George J. Walker, M.D.

Gastroenterology Physician · Mesa, AZ

George J. Walker, M.D. is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Mesa, Arizona, and NPI 1528053121, issued on Sep 20, 2005. Check the license (Arizona 21847, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1528053121
Name
George J. Walker
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
License number
21847 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6020 E Arbor Ave, Mesa, AZ 85206
Phone
(480) 985-1700
Enumerated
Sep 20, 2005
Record last updated
Feb 17, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(480) 396-3659
Medicaid ID
358839-02 AZ
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080404000393); accepts Medicare assignment
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.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 6020 E Arbor Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Shauna Binette, A.N.P.Adult Health Nurse Practitioner1427043496
  2. Danielle Carrillo, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1366992802
  3. Doo-Sang Cho, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1750376778
  4. Craig Stein, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1861487456
  5. Steven Zierer, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1366437337

Verify George J. Walker in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
    Search for license 21847
    Check the board
  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
Open the Arizona license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

67% more Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024

1,357 Medicare Part D claims for 431 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. George Walker1,357
  2. Specialty average811

Most prescribed

  1. Pantoprazole Sodium369 claims
  2. Famotidine218 claims
  3. Omeprazole123 claims
  4. Sucralfate97 claims
  5. Ursodiol46 claims
  6. Esomeprazole Magnesium41 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $2,547.07

122 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. George Walker$2,547.07
  2. Specialty average$5,015.95

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

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Arizona Digestive Health PCMesa, AZ
  2. Bhsm Rehabilitation LLCMesa, AZ

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

George J. Walker among 403 gastroenterology physician records in Arizona

George J. Walker, M.D. is one of 403 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 84% 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, 83% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • Graduated1981 · median 2001 among the 295 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2017 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RG0100X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Gastroenterology Physician providers in Arizona

There are 403 gastroenterology physician records in Arizona.

The 8 gastroenterology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Doo-Sang Cho, M.D.Mesa, AZ 852061750376778
  2. Andrew Collins, M.D.Mesa, AZ 852061740275338
  3. Steven Kaiser, MDMesa, AZ 852061346219433
  4. Prem Kumar, MDMesa, AZ 852061700841350
  5. David Leff, DOMesa, AZ 852061619956505
  6. Shahbaz Qureshi, MDMesa, AZ 852061548370109
  7. Sudhakar Reddy, MDMesa, AZ 852061063458735
  8. Michael Seip, DOMesa, AZ 852061205815925

Common questions

What is George J. Walker, M.D.'s NPI number?

George J. Walker, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528053121, issued on Sep 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is George J. Walker, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6020 E Arbor Ave, Mesa, AZ, 85206. Phone: (480) 985-1700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify George J. Walker, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 21847, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does George J. Walker, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, George J. Walker, M.D. had 1,357 Medicare Part D claims for 431 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 811. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is George J. Walker, M.D.'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.