Naveed Merchant, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Gainesville, GA
Naveed Merchant, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Gainesville, Georgia, and NPI 1841726197, issued on May 5, 2017. Check the license (Georgia 87450, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Naveed Merchant
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- 87450 GA
008995 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 Wisteria Dr, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Phone
- (770) 219-5407
- Enumerated
- May 5, 2017
- Record last updated
- Dec 17, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210719001511); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Morehouse School Of Medicine, 2017
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Naveed Merchant in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 87450Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
2,536 Medicare Part D claims for 209 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Buspirone Hcl190 claims
- Mirtazapine188 claims
- Trazodone Hcl170 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl152 claims
- Clonazepam136 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate124 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 82.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $463.80
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 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 one group practice
- Northeast Georgia Physicians Group IncGainesville, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Naveed Merchant among 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia
Naveed Merchant, M.D. 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 2017, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2002 among the 516 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Georgia
There are 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia.
All 1,291 in Georgia → Every provider in Gainesville → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Connell, M.D.Gainesville, GA 305011386748622
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- Kenneth Goolsby, M.D.Gainesville, GA 305011366457012
- Shahzad Hashmi, M.D.,Gainesville, GA 305011770566341
- John Hubbard, MDGainesville, GA 305011336468800
- Andrea Huntley, MDGainesville, GA 305011851574057
- Maurice Jeter, MDGainesville, GA 305011558543447
- Fazal Khan, MDGainesville, GA 305011003820291
Common questions
What is Naveed Merchant, M.D.'s NPI number?
Naveed Merchant, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841726197, issued on May 5, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Naveed Merchant, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Wisteria Dr, Gainesville, GA, 30501. Phone: (770) 219-5407. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Naveed Merchant, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 87450, 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 Naveed Merchant, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Naveed Merchant, M.D. had 2,536 Medicare Part D claims for 209 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Naveed Merchant, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.