NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Athens, AL

Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Athens, Alabama, and NPI 1831182567, issued on Aug 29, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 16454, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1831182567
Name
Ernest Lee Hendrix
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
16454 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
108 Sanders St, Athens, AL 35611
Phone
(256) 230-1116
Enumerated
Aug 29, 2005
Record last updated
Feb 13, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(256) 230-1156
Medicaid ID
009933705 AL
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050502001041); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine, 1991
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 108 Sanders St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Raece Flynt, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1275148488
  2. Bethany Gilbert, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1235122672
  3. Cristen Hendrix, C.R.N.P.Family Nurse Practitioner1841725884

Verify Ernest Lee Hendrix in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
    Search for license 16454    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024

7,093 Medicare Part D claims for 396 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 101 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ernest Hendrix7,093
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Buprenorphine-Naloxone373 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate237 claims
  3. Metoprolol Succinate215 claims
  4. Gabapentin214 claims
  5. Atorvastatin Calcium198 claims
  6. Buprenorphine Hcl182 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: $73.70

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Indivior 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.

  1. Ernest Hendrix$73.70
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Ernest L Hendrix MD PCAthens, AL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ernest Lee Hendrix among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama

Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D. is one of 1,996 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% 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, 90% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated1991 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2020 · 55% 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 Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

21 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Athens

They are 21 of the 506 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.

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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Binod Bista, MDAthens, AL 356111073769493
  2. Christopher Cole, M.D.Athens, AL 356111124032008
  3. Garrett Dunn, MDAthens, AL 356111891254876
  4. Christopher Edwards, MDAthens, AL 356111619187663
  5. Christopher Enoe, MDAthens, AL 356111326297987
  6. Melissa Gray, M.D.Athens, AL 356111215298849
  7. Julia Hutt, CRNPAthens, AL 356111295985273
  8. Phillip Ingram, MDAthens, AL 356111255950994

Common questions

What is Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831182567, issued on Aug 29, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 108 Sanders St, Athens, AL, 35611. Phone: (256) 230-1116. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Alabama license number 16454, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ernest Lee Hendrix, M.D. had 7,093 Medicare Part D claims for 396 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.