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Dr. Scott M. John, M.D.

General Surgery (Surgical Critical Care Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
15
In the NPI registry since
2011
Medicare patients seen, 2024
126

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

  • 2011Medical school: Tulane University School of Medicine
  • 2011Registered 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

  • Surgical Critical Care Physician primary
    ID license 1061872
  • Trauma Surgery Physician
    NC license 2018-00160

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

Map: General Surgery 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
126
Services billed
230
Patients’ average age
75
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes10763
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes6126
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes3332
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes1514
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes1414
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less1111

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.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 1 companies reported 3 payments worth $910 in total to this clinician.

By type
Food and Beverage$662
Travel and Lodging$248

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Jul 24, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Jul 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to SAN DIEGO, CA · in-kind
$211
Jul 24, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Jul 24, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to SAN DIEGO, CA · in-kind
$37.00

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 Idaho →

Other General Surgery clinicians in Boise

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated August 27, 2024), 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 1821382839. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.