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Joseph John Bear, MD

Individual provider Urology Physician · NPI 1538304217

Joseph John Bear, MD practises Urology in Macon, Georgia. Graduated from Mercer University School of Medicine in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with Piedmont Providers LLC, a 518-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Georgia.

Years since qualifying
14
Trained at
Mercer University School of Medicine
Licensed in
GA
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
2
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

380 Hospital Dr Ste 320
Macon, GA 31217-8007
Phone: (478) 742-5331
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • University Of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163-0001 — (901) 448-5364

Specialties & licences

Urology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208800000X · Licence 78166 (GA)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1538304217
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedDecember 9, 2008
Last updated in NPPESMarch 17, 2018

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyUROLOGY
Medical schoolMERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice Piedmont Providers Llc — 518 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations5 on file with Medicare

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.

Prostate resection 17 times · 74th 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 patients672
Services billed 3,427 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 $2,947 77 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Honoraria $350 1 payment
Education $8 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

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Practises at

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

Colleagues at Piedmont Providers LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 518 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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