Melinda Hart, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Cullman, AL
Melinda Hart, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Cullman, Alabama, and NPI 1174528020, issued on Jun 16, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 25162, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melinda Hart
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 25162 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1890 AL Highway 157, Cullman, AL 35058
- Phone
- (256) 737-8000
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 16, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 737-8058
- Medicaid ID
- 051553847 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060203000531); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melinda Hart in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 25162Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,517 Medicare Part D claims for 459 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 162 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium506 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium421 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate374 claims
- Losartan Potassium346 claims
- Furosemide340 claims
- Potassium Chloride295 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: $353.45
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Cullman Internal Medicine, PCCullman, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melinda Hart among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Melinda Hart, MD is one of 1,705 internal 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, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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 207R00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
22 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Cullman
They are 22 of the 960 NPPES records with a practice address in Cullman, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Melinda Hart, MD's NPI number?
Melinda Hart, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174528020, issued on Jun 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melinda Hart, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1890 AL Highway 157, Cullman, AL, 35058. Phone: (256) 737-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melinda Hart, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 25162, 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 Melinda Hart, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melinda Hart, MD had 10,517 Medicare Part D claims for 459 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.