Steven Neal Efird, MD

Primary specialty

SpecialistTaxonomy code 174400000X

License

035408 Issued in GA

Practice address

2855 Old Highway 5 Ste 108
Blue Ridge, GA 30513-6239

Phone

(706) 632-4217

NPI assigned

Aug 17, 2006

Last updated

Apr 30, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

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

General Surgery

Education

Morehouse School of Medicine, 1987

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Hidden Valley Medical Center IncGroup PAC ID 5799768248, 18 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Blue Ridge Medical Center Hospital, Blue Ridge, GA, CCN 111338
• Union General Hospital Hospital, Blairsville, GA, CCN 110051
• Northside Hospital Hospital, Atlanta, GA, CCN 110161
• Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Hospital, Murphy, NC, CCN 341328

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.59 of 100Reported as group

Quality

88.06

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

80.58

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/1563/brand/1/csg/41/fhir/r4
• Direct secure messaging: steven.efird.1@1563.direct.athenahealth.com

All facility ownership & control disclosures 2

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Owned or controlled facilities with NPI records 1

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider as an owner, officer, director or managing party.

• Blue Ridge Georgia Hospital Company LLC

  dba Blue Ridge Medical Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Blue Ridge, GA
  • NPI 1851362263

  Corporate Officer

  CMS ownership

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.

• Hidden Valley Medical Center Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Blue Ridge, GA
  • NPI 1073516621
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Union General Affiliated Services, LLC

  • Specialist
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1902305063
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Appalachian Surgical Practice, P.C.

  • Surgery Physician
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1912180217
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• Georgia Mountain Surgical Associates PC

  • Specialist
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1467508689
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• Adventist Health System Georgia Inc

  dba AdventHealth Medical Group

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Calhoun, GA
  • NPI 1699791343
  NPD
• Hidden Valley Medical Center Inc

  dba Appalachian Physicians Group

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Blue Ridge, GA
  • NPI 1710215355
  NPD
• Union General Affiliated Services, LLC

  dba Chatuge Behavioral Care

  • Neurology Physician
  • Hiawassee, GA
  • NPI 1568841567
  NPD
• Chatuge Regional Hospital Inc

  dba Chatuge Medical Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hiawassee, GA
  • NPI 1265811962
  NPD (past)
• Georgia Mountain Surgical Associates

  • Specialist
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1487774261
  NPD (past)
• Wendy L Smith M.D. PC

  • Otolaryngology Physician
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1184880338
  NPD (past)

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

• Blue Ridge Georgia Hospital Company LLC

  dba Blue Ridge Medical Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Blue Ridge, GA
  • NPI 1851362263
  Care Compare affiliation
• Northside Hospital, Inc.

  dba Northside Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1457396079
  Care Compare affiliation
• Union County Hospital Authority

  dba Union General Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1487684122
  Care Compare affiliation
• Murphy Medical Center Inc

  dba Erlanger Murphy Medical Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Murphy, NC
  • NPI 1801831102
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "telephone_number": "706-781-6950",
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• Tammy Dorsey, PHARMD
• Samantha Dougherty, RBT
• Charles Wessinger Duke, M.D.
• David Lee Durham, R.PH., D.PH.
• Amy East, OTD
• Richie Ellingson, LMT
• Hannah Nicole Ellis
• Angel Fain, RBT
• Family Life Chiropractic Center
• Familylife Medical, LLC

• Specialist in Blue Ridge, GA
• Providers in Blue Ridge, GA by specialty
• Specialist in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 30, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data; 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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