Matthew J. Watson, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Atlanta, GA
Matthew J. Watson, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Atlanta, Georgia, and NPI 1255305322, issued on Feb 15, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 049822, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Matthew J. Watson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 049822 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 Johnson Ferry RD NE, Atlanta, GA 30342
- Phone
- (404) 851-6936
- Enumerated
- Feb 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 8, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 000917727H GA
000917727I GA
000917727 GA - Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1000 Johnson Ferry RD NE
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Verify Matthew J. Watson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 049822Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
245 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 76 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen43 claims
- Ondansetron Odt23 claims
- Tramadol Hcl14 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen13 claims
- Prednisone12 claims
- Cephalexin11 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: $203.66
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Matthew J. Watson among 1,685 emergency medicine physician records in Georgia
Matthew J. Watson, MD is one of 1,685 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 57% of these records are
- Record last updated2008 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
465 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Atlanta
They are 465 of the 31,476 NPPES records with a practice address in Atlanta, and 1,685 emergency medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Matthew J. Watson, MD's NPI number?
Matthew J. Watson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255305322, issued on Feb 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Matthew J. Watson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 Johnson Ferry RD NE, Atlanta, GA, 30342. Phone: (404) 851-6936. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Matthew J. Watson, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 049822, 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 Matthew J. Watson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Matthew J. Watson, MD had 245 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Matthew J. Watson, 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.