NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Athens, GA

Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Athens, Georgia, and NPI 1841493830, issued on Jun 7, 2007. Check the license (Georgia 065163, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1841493830
Name
Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
065163 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1199 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30606
Phone
(706) 475-5076
Enumerated
Jun 7, 2007
Record last updated
Jun 13, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(706) 475-6676
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110516000674); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1199 Prince Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Ibipo Abdurraheem-Salami, MDInternal Medicine Physician1962024323
  2. Sarah Adams, PHARMDPharmacist1548102742
  3. Eric Afari, MDInternal Medicine Physician1215399068
  4. Fakhar Ahmad, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1295781094
  5. Mohammad Ahmad, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1588315667
  6. Thomas Aiken, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1598127979

Verify Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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20% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

625 Medicare Part D claims for 256 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 25 claims were for opioids.

  1. Rakshitkumar Patel625
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Eliquis42 claims
  2. Prednisone33 claims
  3. Furosemide29 claims
  4. Cefdinir28 claims
  5. Atorvastatin Calcium27 claims
  6. Doxycycline Hyclate19 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: $222.25

10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 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.

  1. Rakshitkumar Patel$222.25
  2. Specialty average$494.84

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

  1. Piedmont Athens Hospitalist Physicians LLCAthens, GA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel among 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia

Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD 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 2007, is newer than 23% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 23% of these records are older, 68% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 88% of these records are
  • Graduated2001 · median 2008 among the 849 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 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).

49 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Athens

They are 49 of the 3,160 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 967 hospitalist physician records in Georgia.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Fakhar Ahmad, M.D.Athens, GA 306061295781094
  2. George Dasoveanu, MDAthens, GA 306061558310334
  3. Sharif Elkabbani, MDAthens, GA 306061598883928
  4. Tiffanni Forbes, M.D.Athens, GA 306061205932753
  5. Lisa Fowlkes, MDAthens, GA 306061871504100
  6. Monisha Garg, M.D.Athens, GA 306061710106141
  7. Brendan Groarke, D.O.Athens, GA 306061316041783
  8. Chris Hall, MDAthens, GA 306061083625131

Common questions

What is Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD's NPI number?

Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841493830, issued on Jun 7, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1199 Prince Ave, Athens, GA, 30606. Phone: (706) 475-5076. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD's license?

NPPES lists Georgia license number 065163, 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 Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Rakshitkumar Amaratbhai Patel, MD had 625 Medicare Part D claims for 256 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.