Carla Marie Ralston, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Columbus, OH
Carla Marie Ralston, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Columbus, Ohio, and NPI 1477718328, issued on Jul 21, 2008. Check the license (Ohio 57.014577, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carla Marie Ralston
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 57.014577 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1654 Upham Dr, Columbus, OH 43210
- Phone
- (614) 293-3551
- Enumerated
- Jul 21, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (614) 293-3124
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110825000688); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Indiana University School Of Medicine, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carla Marie Ralston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 57.014577Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
236 Medicare Part D claims for 155 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone34 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate19 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
- Ondansetron Odt16 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium15 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Genesis Emergency Physicians LLCZanesville, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carla Marie Ralston among 3,002 emergency medicine physician records in Ohio
Carla Marie Ralston, MD is one of 3,002 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 45% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 45% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2013 among the 1,720 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
427 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbus
They are 427 of the 36,491 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 3,002 emergency medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is Carla Marie Ralston, MD's NPI number?
Carla Marie Ralston, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477718328, issued on Jul 21, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carla Marie Ralston, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1654 Upham Dr, Columbus, OH, 43210. Phone: (614) 293-3551. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carla Marie Ralston, MD's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 57.014577, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Carla Marie Ralston, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carla Marie Ralston, MD had 236 Medicare Part D claims for 155 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Carla Marie Ralston, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.