Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS
Dentist · Whiteville, NC
Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS is a dentist with a practice address in Whiteville, North Carolina, and NPI 1649288606, issued on Aug 4, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 5968, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ernest Benjamin Ward
- Credential
- DDS
- Primary taxonomy
- Dentist 122300000X
- License number
- 5968 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 521 South Franklin Street, Whiteville, NC 28472
- Phone
- (910) 642-4156
- Enumerated
- Aug 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (910) 642-0557
- Medicaid ID
- 7998902 NC
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ernest Benjamin Ward in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5968Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average dentist in 2024
100 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries, against an average of 86 among the 51,021 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin58 claims
- Clindamycin Hcl15 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: $93.98
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was gift; the largest payer was Ultradent Products Inc. The 31,974 providers of this specialty with any payment received $540.36 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.
Ernest Benjamin Ward among 2,332 dentist records in North Carolina
Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS is one of 2,332 dentist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 64% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 79% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 64% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 122300000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 dentist records list a practice address in Whiteville
They are 5 of the 366 NPPES records with a practice address in Whiteville, and 2,332 dentist records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS's NPI number?
Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649288606, issued on Aug 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 521 South Franklin Street, Whiteville, NC, 28472. Phone: (910) 642-4156. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5968, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ernest Benjamin Ward, DDS had 100 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries; the average among dentist prescribers was 86. 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.