Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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John David Watson, MD

Individual provider Emergency Medicine Physician · NPI 1790725893

John David Watson, MD practises Emergency Medicine in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1993, 33 years ago. Practices with Emergency Coverage LLC, a 771-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Georgia and Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
33
Trained at
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Licensed in
GA, TN
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

2525 Desales Ave
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Phone: (423) 697-0014
Fax: (423) 648-6280
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 3651 Wheeler Rd, Augusta, GA 30909-6521 — (706) 651-6105

Specialties & licences

Emergency Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207P00000X · Licence MD034197 (TN)
Emergency Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207P00000X · Licence 39695 (GA)
Emergency Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207P00000X · Licence MD39695 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1790725893
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 7, 2006
Last updated in NPPESOctober 30, 2025
Certification dateOctober 30, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyEMERGENCY MEDICINE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1993 (33 years in practice)
Group practice Emergency Coverage Llc — 771 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients464
Services billed 494 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $28 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Deaconess Hospital Inc Hospital · Evansville, IN · listed as Deaconess Hospital, Inc
  • Hamilton Medical Center Hospital · Dalton, GA · listed as Hamilton Medical Center, Inc
  • Parkridge Medical Center Hospital · Chattanooga, TN · listed as Parkridge Medical Center, Inc
  • Doctors Hospital Hospital · Augusta, GA
  • Tristar Horizon Medical Center Hospital · Dickson, TN

Colleagues at Emergency Coverage LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 771 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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