NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dee Walker Ford, MD

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Charleston, SC

Dee Walker Ford, MD is a critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1568566347, issued on Sep 12, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 23056, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1568566347
Name
Dee Walker Ford
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X
License number
23056 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
171 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425
Phone
(843) 792-1414
Enumerated
Sep 12, 2006
Record last updated
Jun 19, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
230565 SC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050719000356); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, 1999
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Dee Walker Ford in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
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  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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Industry payments in 2024: $15.74

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Philips North America LLC. The 2,708 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,958.68 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Dee Ford$15.74
  2. Specialty average$2,958.68

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

  1. University Medical Associates OF The Medical University OF South CarolCharleston, SC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Dee Walker Ford among 78 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in South Carolina

Dee Walker Ford, MD is one of 78 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 99% 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 74% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 99% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 92% of these records are
  • Graduated1999 · median 2005 among the 72 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0200X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in South Carolina

There are 78 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in South Carolina.

The 8 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rahul Argula, MBBSCharleston, SC 294251386841583
  2. Alice Boylan, MDCharleston, SC 294251336246123
  3. George Carter, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251730564899
  4. Nicholas Fox, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251467748483
  5. Christopher Gilbert, D.O.Charleston, SC 294251104034453
  6. Andrew Goodwin, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251093822652
  7. Edward Kilb, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251487813176
  8. William McManigle, MDCharleston, SC 294251720407745

Common questions

What is Dee Walker Ford, MD's NPI number?

Dee Walker Ford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568566347, issued on Sep 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Dee Walker Ford, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 171 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC, 29425. Phone: (843) 792-1414. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Dee Walker Ford, MD's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 23056, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

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.