Craig R Thayer, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

99050 Issued in GA

Practice address

1200 Memorial Dr
Dalton, GA 30720-2529

Phone

(706) 272-6596

Fax

(706) 272-6270

NPI assigned

Jan 26, 2007

Last updated

Dec 5, 2025By 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 8

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA, GA2 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 2

Specialty

General Surgery

Education

University of California, Davis School of Medicine, 1986

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Hamilton Medical Center, IncGroup PAC ID 0446151179, 105 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Hamilton Home Health Home health agency, Dalton, GA, CCN 117062
• Hamilton Medical Center Hospital, Dalton, GA, CCN 110001
• Erlanger Medical Center Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, CCN 440104

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

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.

• Hamilton Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Dalton, GA
  • NPI 1528056066
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Acute Care Surgery Medical Group, Inc.

  • Surgery Physician
  • Sacramento, CA
  • NPI 1700069549
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• North Pacific Cardiology Medical

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Arcata, CA
  • NPI 1093821837
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hamilton Physician Group Inc

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Dalton, GA
  • NPI 1235455569
  NPD

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

• Hamilton Medical Center Inc

  • Home Health Agency
  • Dalton, GA
  • NPI 1861480188
  Care Compare affiliation
• Hamilton Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Dalton, GA
  • NPI 1528056066
  Care Compare affiliation
• Hamilton Medical Center, Inc.

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Dalton, GA
  • NPI 1760645782
  Care Compare affiliation
• Hamilton Physician Group Inc

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Dalton, GA
  • NPI 1235455569

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Erlanger Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • NPI 1861194086
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "DALTON",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "307202529",
            "telephone_number": "706-272-6596",
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        },
        {
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            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "208C00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Colon & Rectal Surgery",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "G62641",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "208G00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "G62641",
            "primary": false
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

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• Surgery Physician in Dalton, GA
• Providers in Dalton, GA by specialty
• Surgery Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 5, 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.