NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Charles A. Ball, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Columbia, TN

Charles A. Ball, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, Tennessee, and NPI 1154344836, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 10356, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1154344836
Name
Charles A. Ball
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
10356 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
854 W James Campbell Blvd, Columbia, TN 38401
Phone
(931) 380-0075
Enumerated
Jul 25, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 8, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(931) 388-7502
Medicaid IDs
3710089 TN
3172059 TN
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 854 W James Campbell Blvd

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Verify Charles A. Ball in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
    Search for license 10356    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024

12,951 Medicare Part D claims for 390 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 624 claims were for opioids.

  1. Charles Ball12,951
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Furosemide981 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium851 claims
  3. Gabapentin499 claims
  4. Omeprazole494 claims
  5. Potassium Chloride411 claims
  6. Amlodipine Besylate337 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).

Charles A. Ball among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee

Charles A. Ball, M.D. is one of 2,674 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 2006, is newer than 17% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 48% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
  • Record last updated2016 · 54% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

27 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia

They are 27 of the 1,337 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.

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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Belinda Bart, M.D.Columbia, TN 384011962515023
  2. Thomas Dake, M.D.Columbia, TN 384011861507782
  3. Thomas Farmer, M.D.Columbia, TN 384011114019833
  4. Joe Fite, M.D.Columbia, TN 384011346291952
  5. Shawn Gentry, M.D.Columbia, TN 384011891708012
  6. Ben High, MDColumbia, TN 384011689784555
  7. Angela Joynes, MDColumbia, TN 384011578501375
  8. William Meeker, M.D.Columbia, TN 384011720020761

Common questions

What is Charles A. Ball, M.D.'s NPI number?

Charles A. Ball, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154344836, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Charles A. Ball, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 854 W James Campbell Blvd, Columbia, TN, 38401. Phone: (931) 380-0075. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Charles A. Ball, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 10356, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Charles A. Ball, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Charles A. Ball, M.D. had 12,951 Medicare Part D claims for 390 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Charles A. Ball, M.D.'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.

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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.