Nikki Hughes, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Buford, GA
Nikki Hughes, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Buford, Georgia, and NPI 1053490938, issued on Nov 3, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 064565, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nikki Hughes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 064565 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4445 S Lee St, Buford, GA 30518
- Phone
- (770) 848-5200
- Enumerated
- Nov 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 7, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (770) 848-5201
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100917000315); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 2006
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4445 S Lee St
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Verify Nikki Hughes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 064565Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
1% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,582 Medicare Part D claims for 279 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium208 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium154 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate148 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium136 claims
- Ozempic119 claims
- Mounjaro98 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: $1,506.59
86 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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 2 group practices
- Georgialina Physical Therapy Associates LLCAugusta, GA
- Northside Primary Care Professional Services,llcSuwanee, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nikki Hughes among 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia
Nikki Hughes, MD is one of 3,951 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2005 among the 2,542 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 53% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
22 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Buford
They are 22 of the 865 NPPES records with a practice address in Buford, and 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia.
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- Arif Patni, D.O.Buford, GA 305181033116934
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Common questions
What is Nikki Hughes, MD's NPI number?
Nikki Hughes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053490938, issued on Nov 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nikki Hughes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4445 S Lee St, Buford, GA, 30518. Phone: (770) 848-5200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nikki Hughes, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 064565, 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 Nikki Hughes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nikki Hughes, MD had 3,582 Medicare Part D claims for 279 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.