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Shannon Pitman, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician in Blue Ridge, Georgia.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 147,760 in Family Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
14K
Medicare Part D claims · 893 beneficiaries · Family Medicine Physician avg: 3K
Generic prescribing
88%
generic claims · 11% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
87.7/100
▲ 4 pts above national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$219.33
11 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
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What the federal data shows

Shannon Pitman, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 87.7/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 14,015 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

87.7/100
MIPS score · +4 vs avg
14K
Part D claims, 2023
88%
generic prescribing
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

88 ≥ 52nd percentile 52% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). This entry sits in this band. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Shannon Pitman, M.D. sits

This provider among family medicine physician peers

Across the 21,266 family medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Shannon Pitman, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 95% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 51% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

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87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 93 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Shannon Pitman, M.D., Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality, percentile: 51
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one family medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Shannon Pitman, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Shannon Pitman, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Shannon Pitman, M.D.?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 11/07/2006

NPI 1982773891

Primary specialty

Family Medicine Physician

High-volume

147,760 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

14,015 310% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 3,418

MIPS final score

87.7/100 4.2 pts vs avg

Above neutral band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Georgia

How Family Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Georgia providers

Georgia providers
Behavior Technician7.3%Pharmacist5.1%Student in an Organized Heal…5%Family Nurse Practitioner4.8%Physical Therapist3.9%Professional Counselor3.6%Family Medicine Physician2.3%
Largest specialties in Georgia (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Family Medicine Physician national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
87.7/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%87.7%
MIPS final score (Family Medicine Physician) - 87.7/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Shannon Pitman, M.D. appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Family Medicine Physician provider holding M.D. credentials at 101 RIVERSTONE VIS, Blue Ridge, GA, 30513, with a listed phone of (706) 632-3670. NPI 1982773891 was issued on 11/07/2006.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 14,015 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 893 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $1.7 million in drug spend, split 11% brand-name and 88% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 0.7%. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 87.7/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 87.4, Cost 75.6), compared with the 83.5 average among clinicians with a measured score.

Family Medicine Physician is a high-volume specialty nationwide, with 147,760 enrolled providers across 56 states and an average of 3,418 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline.

Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist, always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.

Practice Address

101 RIVERSTONE VIS
Blue Ridge, GA 30513
(706) 632-3670

Provider Details

NPI 1982773891
Specialty Family Medicine Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Male
NPI Issued 11/07/2006

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

87.6576
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
87.4437
Quality
75.6004
Cost

Reporting: Individual

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Shannon Pitman, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

Hidden Valley Medical Center Inc
Blue Ridge, GA

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Shannon Pitman, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$219

Largest payer

Exact Sciences Corporation

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

Shannon Pitman, M.D. - brand share 11.0%
Family Medicine Physician average

11% brand-name claims vs 88% generic, on 14,015 2023 Medicare Part D claims.

The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

14,015
Total Claims
$1.7M
Total Drug Cost
893
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
35,093
Total Day Supply
1,034,242
Brand vs Generic
11% brand / 88% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$1.4M
Generic Drug Cost
$286K
Opioid Claims
103 (0.7% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
131

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
73.1 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.12
Gender Split
50% female / 50% male
Age Distribution
<65: 77, 65-74: 421, 75-84: 338, 85+: 57

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Shannon Pitman, M.D. prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Atorvastatin Calcium
 1,069
Amlodipine Besylate
 515
Levothyroxine Sodium
 508
Rosuvastatin Calcium
 458
Lisinopril
 440
Famotidine
 325
Trazodone Hcl
 321
Metoprolol Succinate
 308
Omeprazole
 289
Tamsulosin Hcl
 289

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

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Family Medicine Physician Overview

How Shannon Pitman, M.D. fits within the Family Medicine Physician landscape nationally.

147,760
Family Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Family Medicine Physician
3,418
Avg Claims per Provider

Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s 14,015 claims are above the specialty average of 3,418.

Nearby Family Medicine Physician Providers in Georgia

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Georgia, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Pitman.

Dr. Hayden Aaron
MD
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Margaret Abate
MD
Covington, GA
Dr. Suzanne Abbasi
MD
Grovetown, GA
Dr. Zia Abdi
MD
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Hamdi Abdirahman
MD
Dahlonega, GA

Compare Family Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Shannon Pitman, M.D. specializes in Family Medicine Physician and practices in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Shannon Pitman, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Shannon Pitman, M.D. wrote 14,015 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.7M in drug costs for 893 beneficiaries.
What is Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Shannon Pitman, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 87.7/100 (Quality: 87.4, Cost: 75.6). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Shannon Pitman, M.D. located? ▼
Shannon Pitman, M.D. is located at 101 RIVERSTONE VIS, Blue Ridge, GA, 30513. Phone: (706) 632-3670.
What is Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982773891, issued on 11/07/2006.
Does Shannon Pitman, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s prescribing is 11% brand-name and 88% generic drugs by claim count, with $1.4M in brand drug costs.
Does Shannon Pitman, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Shannon Pitman, M.D. had 103 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 0.7%.
How many Family Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 147,760 Family Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Family Medicine Physician provider writes 3,418 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Shannon Pitman, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate, Levothyroxine Sodium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Shannon Pitman, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Shannon Pitman, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 14,015 Part D claims and 893 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Shannon Pitman, M.D.'s NPI is 1982773891 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.