Ian Michael Hester, CAA

Primary specialty

Anesthesiologist AssistantTaxonomy code 367H00000X

License

10980 Issued in GA

Practice address

777 Hemlock St
Macon, GA 31201-2102

Phone

(478) 633-1000

NPI assigned

May 12, 2010

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Anesthesiology Assistant

Education

Other, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Tift Regional Health System IncGroup PAC ID 2062745169, 294 clinicians

SE Georgia Anesthesia, LLCGroup PAC ID 8426466137, 114 clinicians

American Anesthesiology Associates of Georgia LLCGroup PAC ID 7618934779, 230 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tift Regional Medical Center Hospital, Tifton, GA, CCN 110095
• Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center Hospital, Savannah, GA, CCN 110036
• Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center Hospital, Macon, GA, CCN 110107

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

81.02 of 100Reported as group

Quality

57.87

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

75.97

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Associate of Arts

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 and National Provider Directory roles.

• American Anesthesiology Associates of Georgia, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Stone Mountain, GA
  • NPI 1528068673
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• SE Georgia Anesthesia, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Vidalia, GA
  • NPI 1518542919
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Tift Regional Health System Inc

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

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Newnan, GA
  • NPI 1134544794
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Phoebe Physician Group, Inc

  • Clinic/Center
  • Albany, GA
  • NPI 1487899464
  Medicare reassignment
• Tift Regional Health System Inc

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

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • Tifton, GA
  • NPI 1366765166
  NPD

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

• Savannah Health Services, LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1053824292
  Care Compare affiliation
• The Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Macon, GA
  • NPI 1043270564
  Care Compare affiliation
• Tift Regional Health System Inc.

  • 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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• Aaron Herndon
• Kelli Herring, NP
• Emmy Herrmann, FNP-C
• Eric Herrold, CRNA
• Cynthia Gatliff Hester, RPT
• Zina R Hester, MD
• Lisa Hichkad, NCCPA
• Michaela Jaya Hichkad, BS
• Nandan Ramesh Hichkad
• Amy Foster Hicks, NP-C

• Anesthesiologist Assistant in Macon, GA
• Providers in Macon, GA by specialty
• Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 6, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• 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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