Donald F. Ratchford, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Cresson, PA
Donald F. Ratchford, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Cresson, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1134125792, issued on Jun 28, 2005. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD059696L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald F. Ratchford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- MD059696L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 815 2ND St, Cresson, PA 16630
- Phone
- (814) 886-2911
- Enumerated
- Jun 28, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 20, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (814) 886-8929
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100809000288); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 815 2ND St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Donald F. Ratchford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD059696LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
31,816 Medicare Part D claims for 986 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 672 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,481 claims
- Eliquis1,097 claims
- Furosemide1,048 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,029 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium807 claims
- Gabapentin775 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: $79.11
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. 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
- Personal Care Medical Associates, LLCPittsburgh, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
8 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Cresson
They are 8 of the 57 NPPES records with a practice address in Cresson, and 7,483 family medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Donald F. Ratchford, MD's NPI number?
Donald F. Ratchford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134125792, issued on Jun 28, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald F. Ratchford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 815 2ND St, Cresson, PA, 16630. Phone: (814) 886-2911. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald F. Ratchford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD059696L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Donald F. Ratchford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald F. Ratchford, MD had 31,816 Medicare Part D claims for 986 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.