Alexander Colley Merritt, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Fairbanks, AK
Alexander Colley Merritt, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Fairbanks, Alaska, and NPI 1861132920, issued on Mar 29, 2022. Check the license (Alaska 235060, as entered in NPPES) on the Alaska State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alexander Colley Merritt
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 235060 AK
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1650 Cowles St, Fairbanks, AK 99701
- Phone
- (907) 458-5178
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2025
- Fax
- (907) 458-5180
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250714003990); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Mercer University School Of Medicine, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1650 Cowles St
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Verify Alexander Colley Merritt in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlaska State Medical Board
Search for license 235060Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
434 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium22 claims
- Metformin Hcl21 claims
- Valsartan21 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass17 claims
- Carvedilol16 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate13 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Tanana Valley Clinic LLCFairbanks, AK
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alexander Colley Merritt among 177 internal medicine physician records in Alaska
Alexander Colley Merritt, MD is one of 177 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Alaska. 68% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 97% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 97% of these records are older, 0% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2010 among the 92 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 58% 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 Alaska practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
27 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Fairbanks
They are 27 of the 3,202 NPPES records with a practice address in Fairbanks, and 177 internal medicine physician records in Alaska.
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Common questions
What is Alexander Colley Merritt, MD's NPI number?
Alexander Colley Merritt, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861132920, issued on Mar 29, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alexander Colley Merritt, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1650 Cowles St, Fairbanks, AK, 99701. Phone: (907) 458-5178. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alexander Colley Merritt, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alaska license number 235060, as entered by the provider. Search the Alaska State Medical Board at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/StateMedicalBoard.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alexander Colley Merritt, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alexander Colley Merritt, MD had 434 Medicare Part D claims for 87 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.