Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Atlanta, GA
Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Atlanta, Georgia, and NPI 1437356870, issued on Jun 29, 2007. Check the license (Georgia 66157, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Crystal Lewis Nelson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 66157 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1841 Clifton RD NE, Atlanta, GA 30329
- Phone
- (404) 727-6066
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jun 15, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120330000607); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Morehouse School Of Medicine, 2007
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Crystal Lewis Nelson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 66157Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,576 Medicare Part D claims for 145 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam252 claims
- Clonazepam184 claims
- Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine109 claims
- Sertraline Hcl76 claims
- Desvenlafaxine Succinate Er68 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate67 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: $488.45
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Crystal Lewis Nelson among 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia
Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD is one of 1,291 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 67% 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 39% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 39% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2002 among the 516 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
358 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Atlanta
They are 358 of the 31,476 NPPES records with a practice address in Atlanta, and 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD's NPI number?
Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437356870, issued on Jun 29, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1841 Clifton RD NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329. Phone: (404) 727-6066. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 66157, 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 Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Crystal Lewis Nelson, MD had 1,576 Medicare Part D claims for 145 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.