NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Forrest County General Hospital in Columbia, MS

This location of Forrest County General Hospital bills under NPI 1609148170, an organization record issued on Jan 31, 2012 with the primary taxonomy Medicare Defined Swing Bed Hospital Unit. It is one of 44 NPIs registered under this name and one of 7 in Columbia; each clinician who sees you there has their own NPI and license.

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Organization recordNPPES, Aug 2026
1609148170
Legal name
Forrest County General Hospital
Entity
Type 2 · organization
Primary taxonomy
Medicare Defined Swing Bed Hospital Unit 275N00000X
Practice location
1560 SUMRALL RD, Columbia, MS 39429
Phone
601-736-6303
Enumerated
Jan 31, 2012
Record updated
Jan 31, 2012
Authorized official
Chief Financial Officer (title as filed)
Public record from the NPPES NPI Registry (open it on CMS). An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a facility license.

The other 6 Columbia NPIs

  1. Forrest County General Hospital912 SUMRALL RD · issued Jan 28, 20121417229055
  2. Forrest County General Hospital1560 SUMRALL RD · issued Jan 31, 20121427320993
  3. Forrest County General Hospital1560 SUMRALL RD · issued Feb 10, 20121285907006
  4. Forrest County General Hospital910 SUMRALL RD · issued Feb 29, 20121194099713
  5. Forrest County General Hospital1560 SUMRALL RD · issued Dec 18, 20121003152141
  6. Forrest County General Hospital1560 SUMRALL ROAD · issued Aug 20, 20141427457084

9 clinicians CMS lists with Forrest County General Hospital in Columbia

  1. Berthold Beisel, MDFamily Medicine Physician1174546345
  2. George Blair, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1902835234
  3. Eric Enger, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1265442594
  4. Jeffrey Johnson, MDInternal Medicine Physician1689698318
  5. Lawrence Leader, DOCardiovascular Disease Physician1508970211
  6. Arthur Martin, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1821103185
  7. Craig Thieling, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1952409609
  8. Ronda Vanderheiden, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1487619151
  9. Robert Wilkins, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1598875304

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians group affiliations, matched by practice name and city.

All 44 Forrest County General Hospital NPIs

Every location registered under this name, in 8 cities.

See every location

Checking an organization

  1. Confirm the business with the Mississippi secretary of state.
  2. Check the HHS-OIG exclusion list for the organization.
  3. Verify each clinician on their own record and the state license search.

Common questions

Is an organization NPI a license?

No. An NPI identifies who bills. Facilities and the clinicians who work there are licensed separately by the state.

Which Columbia NPI should I use?

Ask the office which NPI it bills under; all 7 Columbia NPIs are registered under the same name.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), monthly file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.