Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Surgical Physician Assistant · Golden, CO
Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Golden, Colorado, and NPI 1386261196, issued on Jun 26, 2020. Check the license (Colorado PA.0006173, as entered in NPPES) with the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Patton Watkins
- Credential
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- PA.0006173 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 660 Golden Ridge RD Ste 250, Golden, CO 80401
- Phone
- (303) 233-1223
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jun 26, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200729001931); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Patton Watkins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Colorado board licenses this profession
Search for license PA.0006173Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
35% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
411 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 152 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt79 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl79 claims
- Tramadol Hcl66 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium64 claims
- Celecoxib57 claims
- Meloxicam19 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): 82.9 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: $124.80
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- Panorama Orthopedics And Spine Center PCGolden, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Patton Watkins among 699 surgical physician assistant records in Colorado
Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is one of 699 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in Colorado. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 76% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2015 among the 511 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 surgical physician assistant records list a practice address in Golden
They are 15 of the 1,371 NPPES records with a practice address in Golden, and 699 surgical physician assistant records in Colorado.
All 699 in Colorado → Every provider in Golden → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- April Baran, PA-CGolden, CO 804011477679009
- Sara Brown, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTGolden, CO 804011396850921
- Justin Burtz, PAGolden, CO 804011912021403
- Ashley Harriman, PA-CGolden, CO 804011255644795
- Johnna Jaynstein, PA-CGolden, CO 804011730496886
- Tara Lang, PA-CGolden, CO 804011487192118
- Dean Levesque, PA-CGolden, CO 804011265822308
- Rammohan Naidu, P.A.-CGolden, CO 804011679839930
Common questions
What is Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's NPI number?
Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386261196, issued on Jun 26, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 660 Golden Ridge RD Ste 250, Golden, CO, 80401. Phone: (303) 233-1223. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number PA.0006173, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT had 411 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Patton Watkins, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.9 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.