Joshua Ryan Bates, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbia, TN
Joshua Ryan Bates, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, Tennessee, and NPI 1922598325, issued on May 11, 2018. Check the license (Tennessee 64971, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua Ryan Bates
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 64971 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1224 Trotwood Ave, Columbia, TN 38401
- Phone
- (931) 380-4082
- Enumerated
- May 11, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jun 21, 2022
- Fax
- (931) 490-7043
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220928000135); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1224 Trotwood Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Saboor AhmedStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1265355846
- Michael Backues, MSM, ATC, PA-CPhysician Assistant1114900131
- Shelia Barnes, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1801488523
- Madison Benshoff, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1730828468
- Nathan Berkley, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1538216403
- Eboni Blakely, PTPhysical Therapist1962547877
Verify Joshua Ryan Bates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 64971Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
312 Medicare Part D claims for 138 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefdinir24 claims
- Prednisone24 claims
- Furosemide21 claims
- Levofloxacin15 claims
- Cephalexin11 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): 76.8 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: $19.86
1 payment: 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 one group practice
- Maury Regional Medical Group, IncColumbia, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
40 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 40 of the 1,337 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Joshua Ryan Bates, MD's NPI number?
Joshua Ryan Bates, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922598325, issued on May 11, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua Ryan Bates, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1224 Trotwood Ave, Columbia, TN, 38401. Phone: (931) 380-4082. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua Ryan Bates, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 64971, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joshua Ryan Bates, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua Ryan Bates, MD had 312 Medicare Part D claims for 138 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joshua Ryan Bates, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.8 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.