John Richard Dorris III, MD

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207X00000X

License

40899 Issued in GA

Practice address

1765 Old West Broad St
Athens, GA 30606-2853

Phone

(706) 549-1663

Fax

(706) 546-8792

NPI assigned

Nov 14, 2005

Last updated

Jul 1, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

Tulane University School of Medicine, 1992

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Athens Orthopedic Clinic, PAGroup PAC ID 5991600181, 70 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Enhabit Home Health Home health agency, Hartwell, GA, CCN 117069
• St. Mary's Home Health Care Services Home health agency, Watkinsville, GA, CCN 117019
• Tugaloo Home Health Agency, an Amedisys Company Home health agency, Lavonia, GA, CCN 117036
• St Mary's Hospital Hospital, Athens, GA, CCN 110006
• Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLC Hospital, Lavonia, GA, CCN 110027
• Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center Hospital, Athens, GA, CCN 110074
• St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital Hospital, Greensboro, GA, CCN 111329

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as individual

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jdorris@aoc1036.srs-direct.com
• Direct secure messaging: john.dorris.1@28045.direct.athenahealth.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Athens Orthopedic Clinic, PA

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Athens, GA
  • NPI 1063495299
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Athens Orthopedic Clinic, PA

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Greensboro, GA
  • NPI 1104219468
  NPD
• Athens Orthopedic Clinic Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Athens, GA
  • NPI 1477586063
  NPD (past)
• Butler Surgical Assistants, LLC

  • Surgical Physician Assistant
  • Watkinsville, GA
  • NPI 1629346325
  NPD (past)
• Pediatric Orthopedic Associates

  • Pediatric Radiology Physician
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • NPI 1659488799
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Amedisys Georgia, L.L.C.

  dba Tuglaoo Home Health Agency, an Amedisys Company

  • Home Health Agency
  • Lavonia, GA
  • NPI 1235187980
  Care Compare affiliation
• Caresouth HHA Holdings of Washington, LLC

  dba Enhabit Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Hartwell, GA
  • NPI 1740268176
  Care Compare affiliation
• Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Athens, GA
  • NPI 1437186111
  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital, Inc.

  dba St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Greensboro, GA
  • NPI 1346209137
  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Mary's Hospital, Inc.

  dba St. Mary's Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Athens, GA
  • NPI 1871556621
  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital, Inc.

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Lavonia, GA
  • NPI 1518354778
  Care Compare affiliation
• Trinity Home Health Services

  dba St. Mary's Home Health Care Services

  • Home Health Agency
  • Watkinsville, GA
  • NPI 1841299187
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Dorran Donaldson, LPC
• Kereisha N Donegal, MD
• Jing Dong, MD PHD
• Michelle Scott Doolittle, FNP-C
• Lee Dorman, CRNA
• Mary N Dotson, NURSE PRACTITIONER
• Jennifer Alice Douberly, AU.D.
• Doug Giles, DC, LLC (Grand Oak Healthcare)
• Alexander Douthard, CST/CSFA
• Melissa M Dowd, FNP

• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Athens, GA
• Providers in Athens, GA by specialty
• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 1, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.