Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Gainesville, GA
Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Gainesville, Georgia, and NPI 1811417041, issued on Jun 20, 2017. Check the license (Georgia 93893, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samuel Joshua Dotson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- 93893 GA
2021-00087 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1075 Jesse Jewell Pkwy NE Ste B, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Phone
- (770) 219-5407
- Enumerated
- Jun 20, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jun 10, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231113001068); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1075 Jesse Jewell Pkwy NE Ste B
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sheila Armstrong, RN,RNFA,CNORMedical-Surgical Registered Nurse1285653253
- Emily Black, MDSurgery Physician1699931550
- Tamara English, LPCMental Health Counselor1629707195
- Kaleigh Holmes, PMHNP-CPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1659991156
- Jackson Hortenstine, MDPsychiatry Physician1154997542
- Lacey Miranda, PASurgical Physician Assistant1083190698
Verify Samuel Joshua Dotson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 93893Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,581 Medicare Part D claims for 218 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate95 claims
- Trazodone Hcl95 claims
- Clonazepam92 claims
- Mirtazapine90 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl84 claims
- Buspirone Hcl83 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): 100 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: $86.01
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Northeast Georgia Physicians Group IncGainesville, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Samuel Joshua Dotson among 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia
Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD is one of 1,291 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2002 among the 516 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Georgia
There are 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia.
All 1,291 in Georgia → Every provider in Gainesville → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Connell, M.D.Gainesville, GA 305011386748622
- Parul Dev, MDGainesville, GA 305011962610634
- Kenneth Goolsby, M.D.Gainesville, GA 305011366457012
- Shahzad Hashmi, M.D.,Gainesville, GA 305011770566341
- John Hubbard, MDGainesville, GA 305011336468800
- Andrea Huntley, MDGainesville, GA 305011851574057
- Maurice Jeter, MDGainesville, GA 305011558543447
- Fazal Khan, MDGainesville, GA 305011003820291
Common questions
What is Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD's NPI number?
Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811417041, issued on Jun 20, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1075 Jesse Jewell Pkwy NE Ste B, Gainesville, GA, 30501. Phone: (770) 219-5407. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 93893, 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 Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD had 1,581 Medicare Part D claims for 218 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Samuel Joshua Dotson, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.