Akin Pekel, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Norton, VA
Akin Pekel, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Norton, Virginia, and NPI 1538856943, issued on Apr 18, 2023. Check the license (Virginia 0116037557, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akin Pekel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0116037557 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Norton Community Hospital, 96 15TH Street, Norton, VA 24273
- Phone
- (276) 679-2141
- Enumerated
- Apr 18, 2023
- Record last updated
- Apr 18, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Akin Pekel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0116037557Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
157 Medicare Part D claims for 54 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Cefdinir12 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $96.07
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Akin Pekel among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia
Akin Pekel, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 94% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 94% of these records are older, 4% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
51 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Norton
They are 51 of the 275 NPPES records with a practice address in Norton, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Akin Pekel, MD's NPI number?
Akin Pekel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538856943, issued on Apr 18, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akin Pekel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Norton Community Hospital, 96 15TH Street, Norton, VA, 24273. Phone: (276) 679-2141. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akin Pekel, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0116037557, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Akin Pekel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akin Pekel, MD had 157 Medicare Part D claims for 54 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.