John W Hightower, MD

Primary specialty

Anesthesiology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207L00000X

License

040098 Issued in GA

Practice address

777 Hemlock St
Macon, GA 31201-2102

Phone

(478) 633-1000

NPI assigned

Mar 8, 2006

Last updated

Jul 17, 2026By 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 3

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

Anesthesiology

Education

Mercer University School of Medicine, 1991

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Tift Regional Health System IncGroup PAC ID 2062745169, 294 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tift Regional Medical Center Hospital, Tifton, GA, CCN 110095

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Tift Regional Health System Inc

  dba Southwell Mobile Clinic

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tifton, GA
  • NPI 1881203305
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Piedmont Anesthesia LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Stockbridge, GA
  • NPI 1700474244
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Middle Georgia Anesthesia Services LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Macon, GA
  • NPI 1386614857
  NPD Authorized official
• Tift Regional Health System Inc

  dba WorkSmart Occupational Medicine

  • Clinic/Center
  • Tifton, GA
  • NPI 1003980996
  NPD
• Tift Regional Health System Inc

  dba Southwell School Clinic

  • School Nurse Practitioner
  • Tifton, GA
  • NPI 1508428442
  NPD

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

• Tift Regional Health System Inc.

  dba Tift Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Tifton, GA
  • NPI 1962462226
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Anesthesiology Physician in Macon, GA
• Providers in Macon, GA by specialty
• Anesthesiology Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 17, 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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