Gerald Turner, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Columbus, MS
Gerald Turner, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Columbus, Mississippi, and NPI 1285630715, issued on Jun 21, 2005. Check the license (Mississippi 16727, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gerald Turner
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 16727 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 56 Dutch LN, Columbus, MS 39702
- Phone
- (662) 329-3808
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 9, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (662) 329-3873
- Medicaid ID
- 00010457 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100510000608); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 56 Dutch LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Gerald Turner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 16727Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
12,813 Medicare Part D claims for 680 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 406 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate826 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium734 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium446 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium445 claims
- Gabapentin386 claims
- Losartan Potassium335 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,286.19
62 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- North Mississippi Medical Clinics IncWest Point, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gerald Turner among 1,165 family medicine physician records in Mississippi
Gerald Turner, MD is one of 1,165 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2003 among the 748 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 60% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbus
They are 10 of the 843 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 1,165 family medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Gerald Turner, MD's NPI number?
Gerald Turner, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285630715, issued on Jun 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gerald Turner, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 56 Dutch LN, Columbus, MS, 39702. Phone: (662) 329-3808. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gerald Turner, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 16727, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gerald Turner, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gerald Turner, MD had 12,813 Medicare Part D claims for 680 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gerald Turner, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.1 of 100. 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.