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Dr. Michael Eckert , DO

Emergency Medicine โ€ข Carrollton, GA

Active NPI 1184733735 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

705 Dixie St, Tanner Health Systems, Emergency Dept
Carrollton, GA 301173818

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

705 Dixie St
Tanner Health Systems, Emergency Dept

Carrollton, GA 301173818

Telephone 7708369666
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Tanner Medical Center, Inc Facility NPI 1801883780

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Carrollton Emergency Physicians Pc; Independence Emergency Physicians Llc. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Medical School

R Franklin University Of Med & Sci/chicago Medical School

Graduation Year

1998

Medicare patients

275 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $45,129 in 2024

The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount

This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

Paid by Medicare

About $34,582 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Paid by Medicare

This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

30-day fills

539 standardized 30-day fills in 2024

CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.

What this does not show: 30-day fills

It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.

Part D drug cost

$3,245 in 2024

The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.

What this does not show: Part D drug cost

A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ€“ by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2022

All general payments: $33.49 across 2 records.

By nature of payment

  • Food and Beverage: $33.49 across 2 records.

Reporting-company totals

  • AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP: $33.49 across 2 records.

A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.

See the full table

Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2022 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

28 years (graduated 1998)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1998 as the year this clinician finished professional school.

What this does not show: Years since graduation

It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.

NPI first issued

2006

The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show: NPI first issued

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Accepts Medicare assignment

CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โ€œDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ€

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

No telehealth indicator

CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Dr. Eckert has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.

It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Dr. Eckert as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.

What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services

It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Carrollton and Georgia

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part B services

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Carrollton, GA (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 404. Middle half: 305 to 577.

More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Georgia (2024, 1,037 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 327. Middle half: 164 to 518.

Medicare-allowed amount

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Carrollton, GA (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $47,333. Middle half: $31,554 to $62,305.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Georgia (2024, 1,037 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $42,226. Middle half: $21,437 to $65,164.

Paid by Medicare

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Carrollton, GA (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $36,419. Middle half: $23,975 to $47,729.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Georgia (2024, 1,037 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $32,400. Middle half: $16,518 to $50,561.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

More Part D prescriptions than 80% of clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Carrollton, GA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 348. Middle half: 131 to 459.

More Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Georgia (2024, 924 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 122. Middle half: 55 to 241.

Part D drug cost

A higher Part D drug cost than 75% of clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Carrollton, GA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $1,686. Middle half: $820 to $3,245.

A higher Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under Emergency Medicine in Georgia (2024, 924 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $756. Middle half: $297 to $1,600.

19 active clinicians are listed under Emergency Medicine with a practice address in Carrollton, GA (1,689 in Georgia).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Carrollton

0% of these 19 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

63.2% of these 19 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2022), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures

Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments

Open Payments ยท Program Year 2022

Program year 2022 (payments made January 1 โ€“ December 31, 2022): fewer than 11 records totaling $33.49.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
BRILINTA General $16.87
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
โ€” General $16.62

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2022, released June 30, 2026.

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B ยท Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

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HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
99285 Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making
186 178 $1469.50 $167.66
93010 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only
119 118 $71.29 $7.68
99284 Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making
72 67 $1003.46 $116.91
93042 Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only
24 24 $60.25 $6.45
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
22 22 $1846.18 $202.64

Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits

Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications

Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.

CMS Part D ยท Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen 123 406 $402.56 120
Ondansetron Odt Ondansetron 108 767 $877.97 108
Naproxen Naproxen 88 1,295 $336.70 86
Dicyclomine Hcl Dicyclomine Hcl 36 214 $176.92 35
Prednisone Prednisone 35 191 $62.05 33
Ciprofloxacin Hcl Ciprofloxacin Hcl 27 267 $168.64 27
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim 23 161 $49.85 23
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen 21 69 $134.28 21
Cephalexin Cephalexin 15 111 $65.22 15
Sucralfate Sucralfate 14 420 $334.78 14
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav 14 137 $138.30 14
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa Albuterol Sulfate 13 258 $368.85 13
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl Cyclobenzaprine Hcl 11 55 $17.99 11
Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst 11 55 $110.73 11

Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits

Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Emergency Medicine Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207P00000X

License # reported to NPPES GA 048227

An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.

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Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Medicaid ID
G48227 (SC)
Medicaid ID
000859966D (GA)
Medicaid ID
00859966F (GA)
Other Identifier Aetna
7629421

Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20040715000002

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

GA

PECOS Control ID

8628057510

Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Eligible

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Independence Emergency Physicians Llc

200 Allen Memorial Dr, Bremen, GA 301102012

Phone: 7705375851

Carrollton Emergency Physicians Pc

705 Dixie St, Carrollton, GA 301173818

Phone: 7708129666

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

27 listed
Holly Barnlund , CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

NPI 1285134528

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Erin Cagle , CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

NPI 1225546591

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

NPI 1225142052

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Timothy Echols , PA

Physician Assistant

NPI 1326005901

Physician Assistant

Dr. Anthony Ford , MD

Emergency Medicine

NPI 1518923747

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Scott Franklin , CNP

Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care

NPI 1710492574

Certified Nurse Practitioner

Career & Practice History

NPI enumerated August 29, 2006.

No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1184733735
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: August 29, 2006
Last Update: September 13, 2013
Sole Proprietor: No

Other Emergency Medicine Providers in Carrollton

All Emergency Medicine Providers in Carrollton

Mailing Address

71 Marina Dr

Newnan, GA 302637455

Phone: 7065332285

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.