NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mark Lelli, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Athens, GA

Mark Lelli, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Athens, Georgia, and NPI 1437682853, issued on Apr 4, 2017. Check the license (Georgia 84961, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1437682853
Name
Mark Lelli
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
84961 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1199 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30606
Phone
(706) 475-5076
Enumerated
Apr 4, 2017
Record last updated
Feb 15, 2022
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200717000610); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 2017
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 1199 Prince Ave

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

  1. Ibipo Abdurraheem-Salami, MDInternal Medicine Physician1962024323
  2. Sarah Adams, PHARMDPharmacist1548102742
  3. Eric Afari, MDInternal Medicine Physician1215399068
  4. Fakhar Ahmad, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1295781094
  5. Mohammad Ahmad, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1588315667
  6. Thomas Aiken, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1598127979

Verify Mark Lelli in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
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  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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52% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

790 Medicare Part D claims for 300 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 24 claims were for opioids.

  1. Mark Lelli790
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium124 claims
  2. Cefdinir43 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate40 claims
  4. Clopidogrel35 claims
  5. Nifedipine Er30 claims
  6. Hydralazine Hcl29 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: $23.46

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Mark Lelli$23.46
  2. Specialty average$494.84

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. Piedmont Hospitalist Physicians LLCStockbridge, GA

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

Mark Lelli among 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia

Mark Lelli, MD is one of 967 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 79% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 79% of these records are older, 17% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 88% of these records are
  • Graduated2017 · median 2008 among the 849 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

49 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Athens

They are 49 of the 3,160 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Fakhar Ahmad, M.D.Athens, GA 306061295781094
  2. George Dasoveanu, MDAthens, GA 306061558310334
  3. Sharif Elkabbani, MDAthens, GA 306061598883928
  4. Tiffanni Forbes, M.D.Athens, GA 306061205932753
  5. Lisa Fowlkes, MDAthens, GA 306061871504100
  6. Monisha Garg, M.D.Athens, GA 306061710106141
  7. Brendan Groarke, D.O.Athens, GA 306061316041783
  8. Chris Hall, MDAthens, GA 306061083625131

Common questions

What is Mark Lelli, MD's NPI number?

Mark Lelli, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437682853, issued on Apr 4, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Mark Lelli, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1199 Prince Ave, Athens, GA, 30606. Phone: (706) 475-5076. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Mark Lelli, MD's license?

NPPES lists Georgia license number 84961, 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 Mark Lelli, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Mark Lelli, MD had 790 Medicare Part D claims for 300 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.