Irwin M. Best, MD
Surgery Physician · East Point, GA
Irwin M. Best, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in East Point, Georgia, and NPI 1700854734, issued on Mar 8, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 043329, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Irwin M. Best
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 043329 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1170 Cleveland Ave, East Point, GA 30344
- Phone
- (404) 305-3500
- Enumerated
- Mar 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060530000130); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1170 Cleveland Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Juliet Gumbs, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1003884438
Verify Irwin M. Best in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 043329Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 92.3 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: $66.92
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cardiva Medical, 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
- Emory Medical Care Foundation IncAtlanta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Irwin M. Best among 991 surgery physician records in Georgia
Irwin M. Best, MD is one of 991 surgery physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2004 among the 611 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 52% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 surgery physician records list a practice address in East Point
They are 5 of the 371 NPPES records with a practice address in East Point, and 991 surgery physician records in Georgia.
All 991 in Georgia → Every provider in East Point → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Olufemi Babalola, MDEast Point, GA 303441003012824
- Steve Hwang, MDEast Point, GA 303441871566877
- Vijaykumar Patel, MDEast Point, GA 303441316947633
- Carolyn Singleton-Russell, CSFA/BSHA/HMEast Point, GA 303441083994974
- Zouheir Shama, M.DAtlanta, GA 303451568615193
- Ross Beckman, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303421437491826
- Torrance BrownAtlanta, GA 303421225737653
- Brandon EppsSandy Springs, GA 303421912519927
Common questions
What is Irwin M. Best, MD's NPI number?
Irwin M. Best, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700854734, issued on Mar 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Irwin M. Best, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1170 Cleveland Ave, East Point, GA, 30344. Phone: (404) 305-3500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Irwin M. Best, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 043329, 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.
What is Irwin M. Best, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.3 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.