Prakash Merai, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Augusta, GA
Prakash Merai, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Augusta, Georgia, and NPI 1851488498, issued on Oct 6, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 032248, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Prakash Merai
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 032248 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3405 Mike Padgett Hwy, Augusta, GA 30906
- Phone
- (706) 792-7021
- Enumerated
- Oct 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040810000620); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3405 Mike Padgett Hwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Kay Bingham, PA-CPhysician Assistant1922175603
- Maria BratoevaFamily Nurse Practitioner1255681243
- Tracy Casanova, PHDClinical Psychologist1548781453
- Erin Crittenden, PHDClinical Psychologist1558214239
- Christina Daniels, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1811448806
- Lynne Daurelle, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1669809455
Verify Prakash Merai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 032248Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,793 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Haloperidol Decanoate157 claims
- Trazodone Hcl129 claims
- Olanzapine106 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er92 claims
- Haloperidol92 claims
- Divalproex Sodium85 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: $2,530.09
77 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, 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 2 group practices
- Americanwork, LLCColumbus, GA
- Department OF Behavioral Health And Developmental DisabilitiesAugusta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Prakash Merai among 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia
Prakash Merai, 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2002 among the 516 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
104 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Augusta
They are 104 of the 7,009 NPPES records with a practice address in Augusta, and 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Prakash Merai, M.D.'s NPI number?
Prakash Merai, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851488498, issued on Oct 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Prakash Merai, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3405 Mike Padgett Hwy, Augusta, GA, 30906. Phone: (706) 792-7021. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Prakash Merai, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 032248, 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 Prakash Merai, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Prakash Merai, M.D. had 1,793 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.