Derrick Emerson Ridley
Internal Medicine Physician · Atlanta, GA
Derrick Emerson Ridley is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Atlanta, Georgia, and NPI 1356800502, issued on Mar 18, 2019. Check the license (Georgia TBD, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Derrick Emerson Ridley
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- TBD GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 49 Jesse Hill JR Dr SE, Atlanta, GA 30303
- Phone
- (404) 778-7777
- Enumerated
- Mar 18, 2019
- Record last updated
- Oct 13, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221108000391); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Emory University School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Derrick Emerson Ridley in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license TBDCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
344 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone28 claims
- Cefpodoxime Proxetil25 claims
- Eliquis23 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium22 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate17 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium16 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): 86 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: $41.01
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Apogee Medical Group GeorgiaCarrollton, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Derrick Emerson Ridley among 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia
Derrick Emerson Ridley 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 2019, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 79% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2005 among the 2,535 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
870 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Atlanta
They are 870 of the 31,476 NPPES records with a practice address in Atlanta, and 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Derrick Emerson Ridley's NPI number?
Derrick Emerson Ridley's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356800502, issued on Mar 18, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Derrick Emerson Ridley located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 49 Jesse Hill JR Dr SE, Atlanta, GA, 30303. Phone: (404) 778-7777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Derrick Emerson Ridley's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number TBD, 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 Derrick Emerson Ridley prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Derrick Emerson Ridley had 344 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Derrick Emerson Ridley's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86 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.