Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Covington, GA
Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Covington, Georgia, and NPI 1710962113, issued on Dec 8, 2005. Check the license on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Margaret Edelweisz Abate
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- A96265 CA
36443 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5126 Hospital Dr NE, Covington, GA 30014
- Phone
- (770) 385-7993
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00A962650 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141105001251); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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- Shane Brown, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1275158677
- Zackary BrownNurse Practitioner1639826373
Verify Margaret Edelweisz Abate in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
28 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 100 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: $56.19
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Anemonefish Inpatient Services LLCCovington, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Margaret Edelweisz Abate among 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia
Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD 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
- Graduated2003 · median 2005 among the 2,542 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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).
12 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Covington
They are 12 of the 819 NPPES records with a practice address in Covington, and 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD's NPI number?
Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710962113, issued on Dec 8, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5126 Hospital Dr NE, Covington, GA, 30014. Phone: (770) 385-7993. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD's license?
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 Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD had 28 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Margaret Edelweisz Abate, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.