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Dr. Daniel D. Atkinson

Pain Medicine (Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
12
In the NPI registry since
2014
Medicare patients seen, 2024
440

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2014Medical school: University of Arkansas College of Medicine
  • 2014Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician primary
    SC license MD82938 · NC license 2019-02605
  • Anesthesiology Physician
    NC license 2019-02605 · SC license MD82938

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Pain Medicine per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
440
Services billed
6,219
Patients’ average age
75
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes259130
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes173115
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes126126
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes10053
Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance8173
Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level5146
Insertion of spinal neurostimulator electrode array through skin4215
Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level3628
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint3323
Injection of substance into middle or upper spine canal using imaging guidance3330

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 8 companies reported 78 payments worth $10,334 in total to this clinician.

By company
Spinal Simplicity, LLC$7,910
Medtronic, Inc.$1,116
Boston Scientific Corporation$918
Globus Medical, Inc.$233
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$83.25
Averitas Pharma Inc.$38.96
Abbott Laboratories$20.43
Stryker Corporation$14.19
By type
Education$4,000
Travel and Lodging$3,266
Food and Beverage$3,069

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Oct 4, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 4, 2025
Education
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE
$4,000
Oct 5, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 5, 2025
Travel and Lodging
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE · travel to ATLANTA, GA
$927
Oct 3, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE · travel to ATLANTA, GA
$750
Oct 5, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 5, 2025
Travel and Lodging
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE · travel to ATLANTA, GA
$750
Oct 5, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 5, 2025
Travel and Lodging
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE · travel to ATLANTA, GA
$348
Oct 3, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE · travel to ATLANTA, GA
$298
Oct 3, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE · travel to ATLANTA, GA
$83.08
Oct 5, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 5, 2025
Travel and Lodging
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE · travel to ATLANTA, GA
$62.99
Oct 4, 2025Spinal Simplicity, LLC
Oct 4, 2025
Travel and Lodging
HA MINUTEMAN G3-R · SPINAL HARDWARE · travel to ATLANTA, GA
$45.37

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in South Carolina →

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated February 24, 2022), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1679983811. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.