Zola Nlandu, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Athens, GA
Zola Nlandu, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Athens, Georgia, and NPI 1821451873, issued on Mar 29, 2016. Check the license (Georgia 89398, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Zola Nlandu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 89398 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1199 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA 30606
- Phone
- (706) 475-5076
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2016
- Record last updated
- Dec 2, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (706) 475-6676
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211219000022); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Zola Nlandu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 89398Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
67% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,037 Medicare Part D claims for 266 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Daptomycin116 claims
- Biktarvy88 claims
- Ceftriaxone77 claims
- Cephalexin63 claims
- Azithromycin48 claims
- Cefadroxil48 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: $127.81
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Infectious Disease Consultants PCSuwanee, GA
- Piedmont Athens Primary Care LLCAthens, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Zola Nlandu among 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia
Zola Nlandu, MD is one of 3,911 internal 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 2016, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 70% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2005 among the 2,535 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
139 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Athens
They are 139 of the 3,160 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 3,911 internal medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Zola Nlandu, MD's NPI number?
Zola Nlandu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821451873, issued on Mar 29, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Zola Nlandu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1199 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA, 30606. Phone: (706) 475-5076. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Zola Nlandu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 89398, 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 Zola Nlandu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Zola Nlandu, MD had 1,037 Medicare Part D claims for 266 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Zola Nlandu, MD'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.