Orvis Hugh Chitwood, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Dothan, AL
Orvis Hugh Chitwood, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Dothan, Alabama, and NPI 1275534661, issued on Aug 9, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 15049, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Orvis Hugh Chitwood
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 15049 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1500 Ross Clark Cir, Dothan, AL 36301
- Phone
- (334) 793-2663
- Enumerated
- Aug 9, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 20, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (334) 836-2247
- Medicaid IDs
- 000885299A GA
009956415 AL
000885299C GA
121877 AL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040701001155); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1500 Ross Clark Cir
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- David Alford, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1982605366
- James Brannon, PAPhysician Assistant1205001922
- Ryan Breland, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1477725455
- Jessica Burrows, PAMedical Physician Assistant1710246731
- Mark Choquette, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1992777619
- Hunter Clark, CRNPNurse Practitioner1932588241
Verify Orvis Hugh Chitwood in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 15049Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
863 Medicare Part D claims for 419 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 553 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen438 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen66 claims
- Methylprednisolone59 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate50 claims
- Meloxicam50 claims
- Tramadol Hcl46 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: $260.70
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, 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
- S.b.j.s. PCDothan, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Alabama
There are 340 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Alabama.
Other orthopaedic surgery physician records in Alabama
- Abhinav Agarwal, M.B.B.S.Birmingham, AL1043461445
- Carl Albertson, M.D.Fairhope, AL1134127046
- Howard Alexander, M.D.Huntsville, AL1376598458
- David Alford, M.D.Dothan, AL1982605366
- Andrew Allen, MDBirmingham, AL1568084960
- William Allen, MDBirmingham, AL1215506464
- Jorge Alonso, MDMobile, AL1710931688
- Landon Anderson, MDAndalusia, AL1508891516
- Scott Appell, M.D.Vestavia, AL1891715918
- James Armstrong, M.D.Montgomery, AL1093775223
Common questions
What is Orvis Hugh Chitwood, M.D.'s NPI number?
Orvis Hugh Chitwood, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275534661, issued on Aug 9, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Orvis Hugh Chitwood, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1500 Ross Clark Cir, Dothan, AL, 36301. Phone: (334) 793-2663. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Orvis Hugh Chitwood, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 15049, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Orvis Hugh Chitwood, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Orvis Hugh Chitwood, M.D. had 863 Medicare Part D claims for 419 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Orvis Hugh Chitwood, 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.