Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.

Laleh Afkham Merikhi, MD

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1982865853

Laleh Afkham Merikhi, MD practises Gastroenterology in Oakhurst, New Jersey. Qualified in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with Allied Digestive Health LLC, a 278-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying
29
Licensed in
NJ, PA
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1912 State Route 35 Ste 2
Oakhurst, NJ 07755-2768
Phone: (732) 389-5004
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Additional practice locations (1)

  • 219 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19107-1519 — (215) 762-6070

Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence 25MA08723300 (NJ)
Gastroenterology Physician Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence MD 432708 (PA)

Record details

NPI number1982865853
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 23, 2008
Last updated in NPPESMarch 14, 2025
Certification dateMarch 14, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice Allied Digestive Health Llc — 278 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 107 times · 78th percentile
Colonoscopy 62 times · 68th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients424
Services billed 831 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $3,002 174 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Grant $20 1 payment · funding for a project or programme, not a fee for the clinician’s time
Education $10 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Allied Digestive Health LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 278 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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