Joseph W. Blackston, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Jackson, MS
Joseph W. Blackston, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Jackson, Mississippi, and NPI 1194834747, issued on Aug 29, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi MD 11335, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph W. Blackston
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- MD 11335 MS
11335 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1900 Petit Bois St N, Jackson, MS 39211
- Phone
- (601) 981-4625
- Enumerated
- Aug 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (601) 981-4625
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061006000601); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph W. Blackston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license MD 11335Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,434 Medicare Part D claims for 412 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 137 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium225 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate215 claims
- Potassium Chloride157 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium156 claims
- Furosemide154 claims
- Losartan Potassium136 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $607.47
35 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Central Mississippi Medical Clinic PLLCVicksburg, MS
- Medical Associates OF Vicksburg PLLCVicksburg, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph W. Blackston among 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi
Joseph W. Blackston, MD is one of 972 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 82% 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, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2008 among the 585 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
328 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Jackson
They are 328 of the 6,997 NPPES records with a practice address in Jackson, and 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Joseph W. Blackston, MD's NPI number?
Joseph W. Blackston, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194834747, issued on Aug 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph W. Blackston, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1900 Petit Bois St N, Jackson, MS, 39211. Phone: (601) 981-4625. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph W. Blackston, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number MD 11335, 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 Joseph W. Blackston, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph W. Blackston, MD had 5,434 Medicare Part D claims for 412 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph W. Blackston, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.