Donald Lance Ward
Family Nurse Practitioner · Maryville, TN
Donald Lance Ward is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Maryville, Tennessee, and NPI 1154979359, issued on Aug 30, 2019. Check the license (Tennessee APN26273, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald Lance Ward
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- APN26273 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 355 Bmh Physicians Office Bldg, Maryville, TN 37804
- Phone
- (865) 980-5060
- Enumerated
- Aug 30, 2019
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Fax
- (865) 980-5066
- Medicaid ID
- Q052580 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200501000431); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Donald Lance Ward in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license APN26273Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
594 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium132 claims
- Famotidine61 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl50 claims
- Omeprazole47 claims
- Linzess29 claims
- Lactulose26 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,230.69
143 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Blount Memorial Physician Group IncMaryville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Donald Lance Ward among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Donald Lance Ward is one of 9,060 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 61% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2017 among the 5,523 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
117 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Maryville
They are 117 of the 1,317 NPPES records with a practice address in Maryville, and 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
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- Kimberly Henderson, NPMaryville, TN 378041841280286
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- Buffy Kirkland, NPMaryville, TN 378041437295896
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Common questions
What is Donald Lance Ward's NPI number?
Donald Lance Ward's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154979359, issued on Aug 30, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald Lance Ward located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 355 Bmh Physicians Office Bldg, Maryville, TN, 37804. Phone: (865) 980-5060. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald Lance Ward's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number APN26273, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Donald Lance Ward prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald Lance Ward had 594 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Donald Lance Ward's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.