William J Degenhart, MD

Primary specialty

Ophthalmology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207W00000X

License

022538 Issued in GA

Practice address

4720 Waters Ave
Savannah, GA 31404-6292

Phone

(912) 354-4800

Fax

(912) 659-5821

NPI assigned

Jun 6, 2006

Last updated

Jul 16, 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 13

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

Ophthalmology

Education

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1977

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Georgia Eye Institute of the Southeast, LLCGroup PAC ID 0840351458, 20 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Effingham Health System Hospital, Springfield, GA, CCN 111306

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

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: william.degenhart.p1@direct.gaeyeinstitute.nextgenshare.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.

• Georgia Eye Institute of the Southeast, LLC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1700039740
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Georgia Eye Institute of the Southeast, LLC

  • Optometrist
  • Richmond Hill, GA
  • NPI 1619121589

  Ophthalmology

  NPD (past)

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

• Effingham Hospital, Inc.

  dba Effingham Health System

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Springfield, GA
  • NPI 1811962756
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Aariel Lenai Dees, MD
• Caroline Adams Dees, PHARM.D.
• Ruth Duran Deffley, LCSW
• Define Brows, LLC (Define Brows)
• Charles Frederick Degenhardt III, M.D.
• Nicole Hope Degennaro, PA
• Joseph W Dehaven, M D
• Matthew S. Deich, MD
• Hannah Deiling
• Catherine Dejesus, LCSW

• Ophthalmology Physician in Savannah, GA
• Providers in Savannah, GA by specialty
• Ophthalmology Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 16, 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.