Melvin Ray Echols, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Atlanta, GA
Melvin Ray Echols, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Atlanta, Georgia, and NPI 1962410746, issued on Aug 4, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 081734, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melvin Ray Echols
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License numbers
- 081734 GA
2006-01173 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3896 Princeton Lakes Way, Atlanta, GA 30303
- Phone
- (919) 684-8111
- Enumerated
- Aug 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 12, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20181218001216); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Morehouse School Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melvin Ray Echols in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 081734Check 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 cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
41 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of 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: $26,928.20
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Morehouse Healthcare, Inc.Atlanta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melvin Ray Echols among 726 cardiovascular disease physician records in Georgia
Melvin Ray Echols, MD is one of 726 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 87% 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 1999 among the 551 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Georgia
There are 726 cardiovascular disease physician records in Georgia.
All 726 in Georgia → Every provider in Atlanta → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Shivang DesaiAtlanta, GA 303031720581556
- Allen Dollar, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303031720040918
- Shia Elson, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303031629175252
- Ifeoma Ezenekwe, M.DAtlanta, GA 303031487811550
- Joel Felner, MDAtlanta, GA 303031205848991
- Jalal Ghali, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303031083638274
- Shannon Ike, MDAtlanta, GA 303031003155151
- Adefisayo Oduwole, MDAtlanta, GA 303031952301830
Common questions
What is Melvin Ray Echols, MD's NPI number?
Melvin Ray Echols, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962410746, issued on Aug 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melvin Ray Echols, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3896 Princeton Lakes Way, Atlanta, GA, 30303. Phone: (919) 684-8111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melvin Ray Echols, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 081734, 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 Melvin Ray Echols, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melvin Ray Echols, MD had 41 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.