Donald L. Fordham, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Demorest, GA
Donald L. Fordham, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Demorest, Georgia, and NPI 1477537470, issued on Dec 2, 2005. Check the license (Georgia 044718, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald L. Fordham
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 044718 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 865 Austin Dr, Demorest, GA 30535
- Phone
- (706) 754-8811
- Enumerated
- Dec 2, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (706) 754-8822
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060707000325); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Donald L. Fordham in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 044718Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
14,487 Medicare Part D claims for 1,048 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 288 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate606 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium540 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium475 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium466 claims
- Celecoxib420 claims
- Losartan Potassium412 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: $1,086.09
48 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Donald L. Fordham among 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia
Donald L. Fordham, M.D. is one of 3,951 family 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2005 among the 2,542 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Demorest
They are 6 of the 192 NPPES records with a practice address in Demorest, and 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Donald L. Fordham, M.D.'s NPI number?
Donald L. Fordham, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477537470, issued on Dec 2, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald L. Fordham, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 865 Austin Dr, Demorest, GA, 30535. Phone: (706) 754-8811. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald L. Fordham, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 044718, 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 Donald L. Fordham, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald L. Fordham, M.D. had 14,487 Medicare Part D claims for 1,048 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.