Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1144583436, issued on Jun 21, 2012. Check the license (Alabama 35131, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas G. Echemendia
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 35131 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3536 Vann RD Ste B, Birmingham, AL 35235
- Phone
- (205) 838-3800
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jun 20, 2024
- Fax
- (865) 305-8894
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160718000351); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College Of Med Of Case Wstn Rsv University, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3536 Vann RD Ste B
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Verify Nicholas G. Echemendia in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 35131Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11,274 Medicare Part D claims for 748 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 150 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium529 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium485 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate438 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium388 claims
- Losartan Potassium309 claims
- Gabapentin261 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,178.12
63 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Alabama Internal Medicine PCBirmingham, AL
- Champion Sports Medicine Birmingham, LLCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicholas G. Echemendia among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD is one of 1,705 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 66% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
487 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 487 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD's NPI number?
Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144583436, issued on Jun 21, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3536 Vann RD Ste B, Birmingham, AL, 35235. Phone: (205) 838-3800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 35131, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD had 11,274 Medicare Part D claims for 748 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nicholas G. Echemendia, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.