NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mercedes R. Tatum, PA

Physician Assistant · Gainesville, GA

Mercedes R. Tatum, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Gainesville, Georgia, and NPI 1891514162, issued on Oct 4, 2024. Check the license (Georgia 12598, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1891514162
Name
Mercedes R. Tatum
Credential
PA
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
12598 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
663 Lanier Park Dr, Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone
(678) 450-0202
Enumerated
Oct 4, 2024
Record last updated
Jan 28, 2025
Fax
(678) 450-0080
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20241024001270); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 2024
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 663 Lanier Park Dr

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

  1. Mohamed Abidian, MDNephrology Physician1720510787
  2. Folatomi Agbe-Davies, M.D.Nephrology Physician1073805891
  3. Deepak Aggarwal, M.D.Nephrology Physician1962687483
  4. Amanda Aguirre-JohnsonMedical Physician Assistant1376095562
  5. Prashant Amin, M.D.Nephrology Physician1740421783
  6. Marlene Anderson-Reid, ANP-CAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1396089181

Verify Mercedes R. Tatum in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
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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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Industry payments in 2024: $146.60

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Mercedes Tatum$146.60
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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. Kidney Care Center OF Georgia LLCGainesville, GA

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

Mercedes R. Tatum among 4,662 physician assistant records in Georgia

Mercedes R. Tatum, PA is one of 4,662 physician assistant records with a practice address in Georgia. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 84% of them.

  • NPI issued2024 · 84% of these records are older, 9% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2024 · median 2018 among the 2,761 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

109 physician assistant records list a practice address in Gainesville

They are 109 of the 2,998 NPPES records with a practice address in Gainesville, and 4,662 physician assistant records in Georgia.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Nickola Booker, PA-CGainesville, GA 305011225088438
  2. Davina Braselton, PA-CGainesville, GA 305011659329514
  3. Keith Causey, PAGainesville, GA 305011245338177
  4. Matthew Dovie, PAGainesville, GA 305011740217017
  5. Sarah Everett, PAGainesville, GA 305011801836499
  6. Robert Findley, P.A.Gainesville, GA 305011881601102
  7. Robert Langford, PAGainesville, GA 305011386799054
  8. V. Karen Laxson, P.A.Gainesville, GA 305011295731925

Common questions

What is Mercedes R. Tatum, PA's NPI number?

Mercedes R. Tatum, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891514162, issued on Oct 4, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Mercedes R. Tatum, PA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 663 Lanier Park Dr, Gainesville, GA, 30501. Phone: (678) 450-0202. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Mercedes R. Tatum, PA's license?

NPPES lists Georgia license number 12598, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.