Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Athens, GA
Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Athens, Georgia, and NPI 1629287776, issued on May 22, 2007. Check the license (Georgia 074767, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alfred Vijay Rathinam
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 074767 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1199 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30606
- Phone
- (706) 475-7000
- Enumerated
- May 22, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jun 18, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (706) 475-7684
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151110001597); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina University, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Alfred Vijay Rathinam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 074767Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Most of these Medicare Part D claims are vaccines, 100% of the cost of the top drugs
72 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 56% of claims.
Most prescribed
Pharmacies often give vaccines under a standing order that names one clinician, and CMS counts every such claim under that clinician's NPI. These claims are therefore not a measure of this clinician's own prescribing.
- Shingrix19 claims
- Arexvy15 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $896.93
24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cardinal Health 110 LLC. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Piedmont Athens Hospitalist Physicians LLCAthens, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alfred Vijay Rathinam among 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia
Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D. is one of 967 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 92% 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 23% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 23% of these records are older, 68% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 88% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2008 among the 849 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
49 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Athens
They are 49 of the 3,160 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D.'s NPI number?
Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629287776, issued on May 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1199 Prince Ave, Athens, GA, 30606. Phone: (706) 475-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 074767, 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 Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D. had 72 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Alfred Vijay Rathinam, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.