Piyush B. Patel, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Columbus, GA
Piyush B. Patel, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Columbus, Georgia, and NPI 1629011283, issued on Jun 13, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 056625, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Piyush B. Patel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 056625 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5363 Veterans Pkwy, Columbus, GA 31904
- Phone
- (706) 507-5441
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (706) 507-5460
- Medicaid ID
- 136950016D GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050906000008); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5363 Veterans Pkwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Helen Marsh, N. P.Primary Care Nurse Practitioner1194875146
Verify Piyush B. Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 056625Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
141,738 Medicare Part D claims for 1,267 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 3,179 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium6,949 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate6,127 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium4,552 claims
- Furosemide4,504 claims
- Gabapentin4,285 claims
- Eliquis4,051 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: $643.58
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Sai Nursing Home Services, LLCColumbus, GA
- Shamil PCColumbus, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Piyush B. Patel among 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia
Piyush B. Patel, M.D. 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
- Graduated1989 · median 2005 among the 2,542 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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).
172 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbus
They are 172 of the 5,517 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Piyush B. Patel, M.D.'s NPI number?
Piyush B. Patel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629011283, issued on Jun 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Piyush B. Patel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5363 Veterans Pkwy, Columbus, GA, 31904. Phone: (706) 507-5441. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Piyush B. Patel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 056625, 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 Piyush B. Patel, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Piyush B. Patel, M.D. had 141,738 Medicare Part D claims for 1,267 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.