Salome Ewurasi Defore, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

88578 Issued in GA

Practice address

2501 N Patterson St
Valdosta, GA 31602-1735

Phone

(470) 316-3378

NPI assigned

Mar 31, 2018

Last updated

May 8, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other names 1

• Salome Ewurasi Dadzie Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA, TN, LA3 enrollments

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 3

Specialty

HospitalistAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 2018

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Cogent Healthcare of Georgia PCGroup PAC ID 2961483607, 252 clinicians

Emory Specialty Associates, LLCGroup PAC ID 3476559782, 706 clinicians

Hospital Physician Services - Southeast Professional CorporationGroup PAC ID 5597774554, 825 clinicians

Emory Medical Care Foundation IncGroup PAC ID 4981501814, 1,003 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• St Mary's Hospital Hospital, Athens, GA, CCN 110006
• Grady Memorial Hospital Hospital, Atlanta, GA, CCN 110079
• Doctors Hospital Hospital, Augusta, GA, CCN 110177
• Fairview Park Hospital Hospital, Dublin, GA, CCN 110125
• Memorial Satilla Health Hospital, Waycross, GA, CCN 110003

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.24 of 100Reported as group

Quality

73.72

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

75.22

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.93 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

82.14

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

94.51 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

80.61

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: sdefore2022894@direct.trinity-health.org

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.

• Cogent Healthcare of Georgia PC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Macon, GA
  • NPI 1609827823
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Emory Medical Care Foundation Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1063452381
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Hospital Physician Services - Southeast Professional Corporation

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Monroe, GA
  • NPI 1760410385
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Emory Specialty Associates, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Lagrange, GA
  • NPI 1407864168

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD (past)
• Allatoona Physician Services PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Cartersville, GA
  • NPI 1497482350
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Anemonefish Inpatient Services LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Covington, GA
  • NPI 1033514716
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Apogee Medical Group Georgia Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Carrollton, GA
  • NPI 1629025143
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hightower Physician Services, PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Thomaston, GA
  • NPI 1891296620
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• The Emory Clinic Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1396798229
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Calcasieu Cameron Hospital Medicine Group LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Sulphur, LA
  • NPI 1659764967
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hospital Medicine Services of Tennessee PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Lawrenceburg, IN
  • NPI 1528433802

  Internal Medicine, TN

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Southeastern Physician Services PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Oak Ridge, TN
  • NPI 1083835441

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment NPD

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

• Doctors Hospital of Augusta LLC

  dba Doctors Hospital (Augusta)

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Augusta, GA
  • NPI 1912951963
  Care Compare affiliation
• Fairview Park, Limited Partnership

  dba Fairview Park Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Dublin, GA
  • NPI 1285688234
  Care Compare affiliation
• Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation

  dba Grady Health Systems

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1992799050
  Care Compare affiliation
• Southeast Georgia Health Services, L.L.C.

  dba Memorial Satilla Health

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Waycross, GA
  • NPI 1922530468
  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Mary's Hospital, Inc.

  dba St. Mary's Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Athens, GA
  • NPI 1871556621
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Internal Medicine Physician in Valdosta, GA
• Providers in Valdosta, GA by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 8, 2026; 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.

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