Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Cordele, GA
Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Cordele, Georgia, and NPI 1083775803, issued on Dec 13, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 077727, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas Merritt Downey
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 077727 GA
MD.26147 AL
MD19112 ME
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 416 E 4TH Ave Ste A, Cordele, GA 31015
- Phone
- (229) 271-4659
- Enumerated
- Dec 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (229) 271-4654
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140626002277); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Douglas Merritt Downey in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 077727Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
92 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 48 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen26 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen17 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl16 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: $1,549.32
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- HH Physicians NetworkMadison, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Douglas Merritt Downey among 991 surgery physician records in Georgia
Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D. is one of 991 surgery physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2004 among the 611 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
8 surgery physician records list a practice address in Cordele
They are 8 of the 287 NPPES records with a practice address in Cordele, and 991 surgery physician records in Georgia.
All 991 in Georgia → Every provider in Cordele → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Bradley Battaglia, MDCordele, GA 310151619125754
- Vincent Culpepper, MDCordele, GA 310151023081437
- Mutinhima Moyo, MDCordele, GA 310151497763015
- William Pannell, MDCordele, GA 310151689646457
- Alicia Register, MDCordele, GA 310151356789473
- Priscilla Thomas, M.D.Cordele, GA 310151063656403
- Michael Thompson, MDCordele, GA 310151184732521
- Sambasiva Allada, MDDublin, GA 310211356309413
Common questions
What is Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D.'s NPI number?
Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083775803, issued on Dec 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 416 E 4TH Ave Ste A, Cordele, GA, 31015. Phone: (229) 271-4659. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 077727, 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 Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas Merritt Downey, M.D. had 92 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.