Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Alpharetta, GA
Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Alpharetta, Georgia, and NPI 1477758977, issued on Jun 15, 2007. Check the license (Georgia 068609, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 068609 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5800 Windward Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA 30005
- Phone
- (678) 319-5909
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 22, 2025
- Fax
- (678) 719-4156
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131226000877); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5800 Windward Pkwy
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Verify Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 068609Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
394 Medicare Part D claims for 40 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate32 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er32 claims
- Losartan Potassium27 claims
- Furosemide23 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium20 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium20 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: $173.57
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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.
Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma among 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia
Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD is one of 3,911 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 43% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 43% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2005 among the 2,535 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
54 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Alpharetta
They are 54 of the 3,015 NPPES records with a practice address in Alpharetta, and 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD's NPI number?
Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477758977, issued on Jun 15, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5800 Windward Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA, 30005. Phone: (678) 319-5909. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 068609, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akkaraju Rakesh Sarma, MD had 394 Medicare Part D claims for 40 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.