Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Michael A Ponder, MD

Individual provider Cardiovascular Disease Physician · NPI 1831155944

Michael A Ponder, MD is registered under Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) in Kingsport, Tennessee. Graduated from Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in 1994, 32 years ago. Practices with Wellmont Cardiology Services, a 138-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Years since qualifying
32
Trained at
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Licensed in
NC, TN, VA
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

2205 Pavilion Dr Ste 201
Kingsport, TN 37660-4641
Phone: (423) 857-7650
Fax: (423) 857-7655
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Specialties & licences

Cardiovascular Disease Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence MD19887 (TN)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 0101232014 (VA)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 9500424 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1831155944
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 26, 2006
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 21, 2017

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)
Medical schoolBRODY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1994 (32 years in practice)
Group practice Wellmont Cardiology Services — 138 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
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.

Pacemaker insertion or repair 1–10 times

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 patients653
Services billed 1,428 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 $849 65 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.

  • Johnson City Medical Center Hospital · Johnson City, TN
  • Franklin Woods Community Hospital Hospital · Johnson City, TN
  • Greeneville Community Hospital Hospital · Greeneville, TN
  • Johnson County Community Hospital Hospital · Mountain City, TN
  • Sycamore Shoals Hospital Hospital · Elizabethton, TN

Colleagues at Wellmont Cardiology Services

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 138 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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