Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D.
Nephrology Physician · Dalton, GA
Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D. is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Dalton, Georgia, and NPI 1588657332, issued on Aug 26, 2005. Check the license (Georgia 041424, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rafael O. Duchesne
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- 041424 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1506 Broadrick Dr, Dalton, GA 30720
- Phone
- (706) 278-3430
- Enumerated
- Aug 26, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 21, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (706) 279-1327
- Medicaid ID
- 00867061A GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110324000167); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Emory University School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1506 Broadrick Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Amber McMahan, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1952852949
- Joyce Miller, RNCAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1699768366
- Frank Newby, M.D., PH. DNephrology Physician1801889696
- Jana Pritchett, AGACNPNurse Practitioner1639597586
Verify Rafael O. Duchesne in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 041424Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nephrology physician in 2024
3,615 Medicare Part D claims for 507 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate238 claims
- Furosemide207 claims
- Losartan Potassium177 claims
- Allopurinol167 claims
- Potassium Chloride159 claims
- Doxazosin Mesylate145 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,549.42
72 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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
- Nephrology And Hypertension Specialists PCDalton, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in Georgia
There are 417 nephrology physician records in Georgia.
Other nephrology physician records in Georgia
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- Afu Abdul, MDCartersville, GA1285834838
- Mohamed Abidian, MDGainesville, GA1720510787
- Ismail Abubakar Ibrahim, MBBSAlbany, GA1588284004
- Deep Adhikari, M.D.Warner Robins, GA1487821989
- Azubueze Adogu, MD, PHDAthens, GA1518905959
- Zaiyara Adorno Rivera, MDCarrollton, GA1972985992
- Madhurima Adulla, M.DLawrenceville, GA1073523247
- Ravindra Agarwal, M.D.Columbus, GA1891753190
Common questions
What is Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D.'s NPI number?
Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588657332, issued on Aug 26, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1506 Broadrick Dr, Dalton, GA, 30720. Phone: (706) 278-3430. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 041424, 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 Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D. had 3,615 Medicare Part D claims for 507 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rafael O. Duchesne, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.