Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Covington, GA
Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Covington, Georgia, and NPI 1154499481, issued on Dec 4, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 044427, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 044427 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Eastview Internal Medicine, P.C. 3285 Salem Road, Covington, GA 30016
- Phone
- (770) 602-4321
- Enumerated
- Dec 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest internal medicine physician records → All 3,911 in Georgia → Look up another NPI →
Verify Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 044427Check 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 internal medicine physician in 2024
202 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Phenobarbital18 claims
- Levetiracetam17 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl17 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium16 claims
- Ipratropium Bromide14 claims
- Lansoprazole13 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: $76.85
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. 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.
Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah among 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia
Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D. is one of 3,911 internal 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 65% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 51% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
19 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Covington
They are 19 of the 819 NPPES records with a practice address in Covington, and 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D.'s NPI number?
Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154499481, issued on Dec 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Eastview Internal Medicine, P.C. 3285 Salem Road, Covington, GA, 30016. Phone: (770) 602-4321. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 044427, 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 Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nirmala Sowbhagya Chelliah, M.D. had 202 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.