Prasad H. Rao, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Cartersville, GA
Prasad H. Rao, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Cartersville, Georgia, and NPI 1285656330, issued on Jul 24, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 055640, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Prasad H. Rao
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 055640 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 960 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy SE, Cartersville, GA 30120
- Phone
- (404) 778-6382
- Enumerated
- Jul 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (404) 778-5334
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050105000347); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Prasad H. Rao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 055640Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
238 Medicare Part D claims for 97 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Tartrate20 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium17 claims
- Eliquis15 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium14 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl14 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 92.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $397.79
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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 one group practice
- Wellstar Medical Group LLCMarietta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Prasad H. Rao among 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia
Prasad H. Rao, M.D. is one of 967 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 92% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 77% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 88% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2008 among the 849 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Georgia
There are 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia.
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- Marie BlaizeCarrollton, GA 301171275979205
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- Anita Haugabrook, MDCarrollton, GA 301171699710442
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Common questions
What is Prasad H. Rao, M.D.'s NPI number?
Prasad H. Rao, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285656330, issued on Jul 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Prasad H. Rao, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 960 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy SE, Cartersville, GA, 30120. Phone: (404) 778-6382. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Prasad H. Rao, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 055640, 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 Prasad H. Rao, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Prasad H. Rao, M.D. had 238 Medicare Part D claims for 97 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Prasad H. Rao, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.9 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.