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Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD

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Specializes in: Family Medicine

120 N Lee Street Suite A
Forsyth, GA 31029

(478) 994-0437

Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD is a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA specializing in family medicine.

Office Locations

120 N Lee Street Suite A
Forsyth, GA 31029

(478) 994-0437

(478) 994-6787

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2012 were lab tests, nursing home care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	49
blood draw	162
breathing treatment	25
doctor visit	2431
ear procedures	34
hip imaging	19
hospital care	144
injections	49
inpatient care	118
lab tests	602
musculoskeletal imaging	46
nursing home care	574
outpatient care	26
preventive care	360
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	17
skin procedures	17
spinal procedures	24
thoracic (chest) imaging	56
vaccines	333
X-rays	126

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2013 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and nursing home care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	43
blood draw	84
breathing treatment	21
doctor visit	2125
ear procedures	33
hip imaging	26
injections	43
lab tests	496
musculoskeletal imaging	44
nursing home care	221
preventive care	275
spinal procedures	19
thoracic (chest) imaging	52
vaccines	275
X-rays	115

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	343
Female	415

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	491
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	295
From 75 to 84	208
85 and over	92
Less than 65	163

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	3
Osteoperosis	3
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	41
Dementia	12
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2014 were lab tests, nursing home care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	57
blood draw	94
breathing treatment	14
compression therapy	25
doctor visit	2009
ear procedures	31
hip imaging	15
immobilization	25
injections	57
lab tests	353
musculoskeletal imaging	15
nursing home care	252
preventive care	189
thoracic (chest) imaging	38
vaccines	189
X-rays	53

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	319
Female	346

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	436
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	258
From 75 to 84	182
85 and over	84
Less than 65	141

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	2
Osteoperosis	3
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	41
Dementia	10
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2015 were lab tests, nursing home care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	66
blood draw	83
compression therapy	19
doctor visit	2005
ear procedures	19
immobilization	19
injections	66
lab tests	450
nursing home care	260
preventive care	119
vaccines	119

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	568
Female	650

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	820
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	446
From 75 to 84	386
85 and over	148
Less than 65	238

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	43
Dementia	12
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2016 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	43
blood draw	90
doctor visit	1990
ear procedures	23
injections	43
lab tests	423
preventive care	207
vaccines	207

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	267
Female	305

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	387
Black	171
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	229
From 75 to 84	165
85 and over	59
Less than 65	119

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	11
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	3
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	41
Dementia	8
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2017 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	53
blood draw	58
compression therapy	33
doctor visit	1998
ear procedures	16
immobilization	33
injections	53
lab tests	386
preventive care	142
vaccines	130

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	277
Female	288

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	375
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	229
From 75 to 84	173
85 and over	54
Less than 65	109

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	10
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	3
Osteoperosis	2
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	45
Dementia	8
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2018 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	40
blood draw	47
doctor visit	1742
ear procedures	21
injections	40
lab tests	380
preventive care	174
vaccines	174

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	283
Female	269

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	390
Black	149
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	238
From 75 to 84	166
85 and over	58
Less than 65	90

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	3
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	44
Dementia	8
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2019 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and aspiration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	28
doctor visit	1740
injections	28
lab tests	257
preventive care	63
vaccines	63

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	251
Female	219

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	334
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	201
From 75 to 84	138
85 and over	57
Less than 65	74

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	2
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	42
Dementia	7
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2020 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and aspiration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	23
doctor visit	1438
ear procedures	15
injections	23
lab tests	144
preventive care	118
vaccines	118

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	258
Female	215

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	339
Black	122
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	213
From 75 to 84	120
85 and over	58
Less than 65	82

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	2
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	43
Dementia	7
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA during 2021 were lab tests, preventive care, vaccines and compression therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	13
compression therapy	34
doctor visit	1307
immobilization	34
injections	13
lab tests	88
preventive care	83
vaccines	83

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	211
Female	176

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	283
Black	92
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	177
From 75 to 84	106
85 and over	53
Less than 65	51

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	42
Dementia	7
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	125

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	58
Female	50

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	80
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	39
From 75 to 84	40
85 and over	15
Less than 65	14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	47
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Forsyth, GA were lab tests, nursing home care, preventive care and vaccines.

aspiration	41
blood draw	88
compression therapy	27
doctor visit	1719
ear procedures	24
hip imaging	20
hospital care	144
immobilization	27
injections	41
inpatient care	118
lab tests	357
musculoskeletal imaging	35
nursing home care	326
outpatient care	26
preventive care	173
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	17
skin procedures	17
spinal procedures	21
thoracic (chest) imaging	48
vaccines	169
X-rays	98

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD.

**Gender**
Male	257
Female	266

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	48
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	357
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	153
85 and over	61
Less than 65	98
65 to 74	211

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD treated were high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	5
Osteoporosis	2
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	39
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Cancer	7
Dementia	7

Education & Training

He has a state license in Georgia.

Licensed In: Georgia

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 1 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Forsyth, GA.

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Overall Rating: 5.0 2022-03-03

Dr. Taunton is kind and compassionate.  He is very thorough and takes his time with your visit.  His staff is very efficient and also very kind.  I've been his patient for over 10 years.

General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$1,886 FARXIGA $1,252	SYMBICORT $177	BEVESPI AEROSPHERE $83	BYDUREON WEEKLY $81	MOVANTIK $50	Other $242
Pfizer Inc.	$1,205 ELIQUIS $395	LYRICA $254	COLOGUARD $147	EUCRISA $106	CHANTIX $90	Other $212
Novo Nordisk Inc	$1,176 Tresiba $399	NovoLog $213	RYBELSUS $189	Ozempic $114	Victoza $91	Other $171
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC	$1,160 TOUJEO $528	PRALUENT $229	LANTUS $136	SOLIQUA 100/33 $113	SOLIQUA $110	Other $45
Lilly USA, LLC	$804 BASAGLAR $251	JARDIANCE $213	HUMALOG $92	TRULICITY $86	GLYXAMBI $69	Other $92
Other	$7,630 XARELTO $489	Myrbetriq $469	Vascepa $347	INVOKANA $295	Repatha $288	Other $5,742

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$13,610
Education	$215
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$36

Biography

Dr. William Taunton is a family medicine specialist in Forsyth, GA. Dr. Taunton obtained a license to practice in Georgia.

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2019

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2021

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD in 2022

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Stephen Taunton SR., MD From 2012 - 2022

Education & Training

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General Payments

Biography

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