Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Augusta, GA
Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Augusta, Georgia, and NPI 1740805852, issued on Jun 15, 2020. Check the license (Georgia 11970, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nafiz Kalam Sheikh
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 11970 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1459 Laney Walker Blvd, Augusta, GA 30912
- Phone
- (706) 721-7005
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2020
- Record last updated
- Dec 19, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230501002923); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nafiz Kalam Sheikh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 11970Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
58 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $146.86
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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 2 group practices
- Department OF Behavioral Health And Developmental DisabilitiesAugusta, GA
- Wellstar Medical Group LLCAugusta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nafiz Kalam Sheikh among 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia
Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD is one of 1,291 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 87% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 87% of these records are older, 10% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2002 among the 516 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
104 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Augusta
They are 104 of the 7,009 NPPES records with a practice address in Augusta, and 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD's NPI number?
Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740805852, issued on Jun 15, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1459 Laney Walker Blvd, Augusta, GA, 30912. Phone: (706) 721-7005. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 11970, 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 Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nafiz Kalam Sheikh, MD had 58 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.