Luther Joseph Ward, DO
Psychiatry Physician · Whitfield, MS
Luther Joseph Ward, DO is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Whitfield, Mississippi, and NPI 1003651027, issued on Jul 1, 2024. Check the license (Mississippi T-5316, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Luther Joseph Ward
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- T-5316 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Mississippi State Hospital, Whitfield, MS 39193
- Phone
- (601) 351-8596
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2024
- Record last updated
- Sep 10, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Luther Joseph Ward in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license T-5316Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
20 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $593.68
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Luther Joseph Ward among 272 psychiatry physician records in Mississippi
Luther Joseph Ward, DO is one of 272 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 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 2024, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 88% of these records are older, 7% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 64% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 41% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
33 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Whitfield
They are 33 of the 92 NPPES records with a practice address in Whitfield, and 272 psychiatry physician records in Mississippi.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Khaled Abu-Hamdan, M. D.Whitfield, MS 391931356482459
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- Salaahuddin Dakhlalla, M.D.Whitfield, MS 391931881127876
- Kirtida Desai, M.D.Whitfield, MS 391931578505715
- Patrick Fitz-Gerald, MDWhitfield, MS 391931174973317
- Andrew Foret, DOWhitfield, MS 391931336710755
- Sheryl Ann Heffernen, M. D.Whitfield, MS 391931326195728
- Holden Lee, MDWhitfield, MS 391931013666189
Common questions
What is Luther Joseph Ward, DO's NPI number?
Luther Joseph Ward, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003651027, issued on Jul 1, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Luther Joseph Ward, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Mississippi State Hospital, Whitfield, MS, 39193. Phone: (601) 351-8596. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Luther Joseph Ward, DO's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number T-5316, 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 Luther Joseph Ward, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Luther Joseph Ward, DO had 20 Medicare Part D claims; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.