Michael Luke Simhachalam
Family Medicine Physician · Greenwood, SC
Michael Luke Simhachalam is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Greenwood, South Carolina, and NPI 1841857331, issued on May 21, 2019. Check the license (South Carolina 82669, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Luke Simhachalam
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 82669 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 155 Academy Ave, Greenwood, SC 29646
- Phone
- (864) 725-4865
- Enumerated
- May 21, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jul 18, 2023
- Fax
- (864) 725-4883
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230814002995); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Creighton University School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Luke Simhachalam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 82669Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,038 Medicare Part D claims for 262 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone64 claims
- Meloxicam57 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium44 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium40 claims
- Alprazolam31 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate31 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: $631.69
34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer 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
- Dlp Frye Medical Group LLCHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Luke Simhachalam among 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina
Michael Luke Simhachalam is one of 2,700 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 77% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2006 among the 1,638 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 50% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
90 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Greenwood
They are 90 of the 1,262 NPPES records with a practice address in Greenwood, and 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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- Todd Gallman, MDGreenwood, SC 296461962498998
- Harvey Hatcher, MDGreenwood, SC 296461053338061
- Jonathan HeglerGreenwood, SC 296461952382277
- Daphne Karel, MDGreenwood, SC 296461336166339
- Ashley McGee, MDGreenwood, SC 296461437174505
Common questions
What is Michael Luke Simhachalam's NPI number?
Michael Luke Simhachalam's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841857331, issued on May 21, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Luke Simhachalam located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 155 Academy Ave, Greenwood, SC, 29646. Phone: (864) 725-4865. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Luke Simhachalam's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 82669, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Luke Simhachalam prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Luke Simhachalam had 1,038 Medicare Part D claims for 262 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.