Cara Beth Ballard, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Benton, AR
Cara Beth Ballard, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Benton, Arkansas, and NPI 1457310476, issued on Mar 20, 2006. Check the license (Arkansas E-4067, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Beth Ballard
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- E-4067 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 819 W Carpenter St, Benton, AR 72015
- Phone
- (501) 778-8264
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 30, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (501) 778-7360
- Medicaid ID
- 154891001 AR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040929000108); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 819 W Carpenter St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Cara Beth Ballard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license E-4067Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,915 Medicare Part D claims for 1,063 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 266 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium220 claims
- Prednisone174 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium166 claims
- Gabapentin165 claims
- Omeprazole161 claims
- Lisinopril145 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: $263.60
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Lincoln Paden Medical Group PLLCMountain Home, AR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cara Beth Ballard among 1,681 family medicine physician records in Arkansas
Cara Beth Ballard, M.D. is one of 1,681 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Arkansas. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2004 among the 1,156 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Arkansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Benton
They are 23 of the 1,934 NPPES records with a practice address in Benton, and 1,681 family medicine physician records in Arkansas.
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Common questions
What is Cara Beth Ballard, M.D.'s NPI number?
Cara Beth Ballard, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457310476, issued on Mar 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Beth Ballard, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 819 W Carpenter St, Benton, AR, 72015. Phone: (501) 778-8264. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Beth Ballard, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number E-4067, as entered by the provider. Search the Arkansas State Medical Board at https://armedicalboard.adh.arkansas.gov/public/verify/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cara Beth Ballard, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Beth Ballard, M.D. had 6,915 Medicare Part D claims for 1,063 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.