Christopher Hightower, NP

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

APRN-NP278599 Issued in GA

Practice address

840 Professional Center Dr
Eastman, GA 31023-6734

Phone

(478) 220-8929

Fax

(478) 341-0401

NPI assigned

Jun 15, 2023

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

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: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2023

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Dodge County Hospital AuthorityGroup PAC ID 1759372733, 14 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Dodge County Hospital Hospital, Eastman, GA, CCN 110092
• Bleckley Memorial Hospital Hospital, Cochran, GA, CCN 111302

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/DDDGAA

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

• Dodge County Hospital Authority

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Eastman, GA
  • NPI 1740272095
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Dodge County Hospital Authority

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Eastman, GA
  • NPI 1255948717
  NPD
• Chandler Womens Health Center

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Eastman, GA
  • NPI 1235396508
  NPD (past)
• John a. Glenn Jr. Center for Community Healthcare Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Eastman, GA
  • NPI 1275736100
  NPD (past)
• N.T. Cardiovascular Center, PC

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Perry, GA
  • NPI 1437399276
  NPD (past)

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

• Bleckley County Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Cochran, GA
  • NPI 1578637526
  Care Compare affiliation
• Dodge County Hospital Authority

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Eastman, GA
  • NPI 1740272095
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1760400000000",
    "number": "1649955873",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "840 PROFESSIONAL CENTER DR",
            "city": "EASTMAN",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "310236734",
            "telephone_number": "478-374-7801",
            "fax_number": "478-374-7878"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "address_1": "840 PROFESSIONAL CENTER DR",
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            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "310236734",
            "telephone_number": "478-220-8929",
            "fax_number": "478-341-0401"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "HIGHTOWER",
        "first_name": "CHRISTOPHER",
        "credential": "NP",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2023-06-15",
        "last_updated": "2025-10-14",
        "certification_date": "2025-10-14",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363LF0000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Family",
            "state": "GA",
            "license": "APRN-NP278599",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission
• Heart of Georgia Primary Care, LLC
• Heart of Georgia Surgery Associates, LLC
• Heather T Herrington MD LLC
• Heather Tiffany Herrington, M.D.
• Historic South Inpatient Services
• Hung Xuan Ho, DMD
• Hog Holdings LLC
• Devyn Michelle Holloway, PTA
• Hospice Care Options Inc

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Eastman, GA
• Providers in Eastman, GA by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 14, 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.

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