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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1306820832

John G Vachtsevanos, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Gainesville, Georgia. Graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with Specialty Orthopaedics PC, an 18-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Georgia.

Years since qualifying
29
Trained at
Baylor College of Medicine
Licensed in
GA
In the registry since
2005
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

1240 Jesse Jewell Pkwy SE
Gainesville, GA 30501-3861
Phone: (770) 532-7202
Fax: (678) 450-3778
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 046269 (GA)

Record details

NPI number1306820832
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 29, 2005
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 28, 2023
Certification dateSeptember 28, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice Specialty Orthopaedics Pc — 18 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 31 times · 97th percentile
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 67 times · 91st percentile
Knee replacement 74 times · 88th percentile
Hip replacement 30 times · 76th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

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 patients806
Services billed 9,245 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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 $132 6 payments · 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.

  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc Hospital · Gainesville, GA
  • Northside Hospital Hospital · Atlanta, GA · listed as Northside Hospital, Inc
  • Northside Hospital Forsyth Hospital · Cumming, GA · listed as Northside Hospital
  • Mountain Lakes Medical Center Hospital · Clayton, GA
  • Pruitthealth At Home - Gainesville Home health agency · Gainesville, GA
  • Tugaloo Home Health Agency, An Amedisy Company Home health agency · Gainesville, GA
  • Tugaloo Home Health Agency, An Amedisys Company Home health agency · Lavonia, GA
  • Willowbrooke Court At Lanier Village Estates Nursing home · Gainesville, GA

Colleagues at Specialty Orthopaedics PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 18 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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