Margaret Louise Ballard
Internal Medicine Physician · Bowling Green, KY
Margaret Louise Ballard is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and NPI 1427518083, issued on Mar 20, 2019. Check the license (Kentucky R4973, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Margaret Louise Ballard
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- R4973 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 250 Park St, Bowling Green, KY 42101
- Phone
- (270) 780-2693
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jun 30, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230717001895); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Pikeville, Kentucky College Of Osteopathic Med, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 250 Park St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Parnia Abolhassan ChoubdarStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1912657313
- Benjamin AdamsStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1992508527
- Brooke Adkins, PA-CPhysician Assistant1225367857
- Stephanie Adwell, KCSASurgical Assistant1417007063
- Uma Akkineni, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1043293558
- Thomas AldridgeStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1205778487
Verify Margaret Louise Ballard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license R4973Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
505 Medicare Part D claims for 213 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass25 claims
- Prednisone25 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium24 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium21 claims
- Furosemide20 claims
- Clopidogrel18 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): 95.5 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: $37.44
2 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 one group practice
- Baptist Health Medical Group IncElizabethtown, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Margaret Louise Ballard among 1,526 internal medicine physician records in Kentucky
Margaret Louise Ballard is one of 1,526 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 84% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2006 among the 1,025 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 56% 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 Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
49 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bowling Green
They are 49 of the 2,920 NPPES records with a practice address in Bowling Green, and 1,526 internal medicine physician records in Kentucky.
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Common questions
What is Margaret Louise Ballard's NPI number?
Margaret Louise Ballard's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427518083, issued on Mar 20, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Margaret Louise Ballard located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 250 Park St, Bowling Green, KY, 42101. Phone: (270) 780-2693. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Margaret Louise Ballard's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number R4973, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Margaret Louise Ballard prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Margaret Louise Ballard had 505 Medicare Part D claims for 213 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Margaret Louise Ballard's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.5 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.