Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Tyler, TX
Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Tyler, Texas, and NPI 1760943310, issued on Mar 27, 2019. Check the license (Texas T9685, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nichole Birdsong Ford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- T9685 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 E 5TH St Ste 400, Tyler, TX 75701
- Phone
- (903) 596-3500
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jan 23, 2023
- Fax
- (903) 596-3132
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221210000541); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nichole Birdsong Ford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T9685Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,179 Medicare Part D claims for 424 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 53 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate178 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium169 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium167 claims
- Gabapentin164 claims
- Lisinopril118 claims
- Losartan Potassium108 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): 97.6 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: $2,420.94
139 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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
- Etmc Physician Group, Inc.Tyler, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nichole Birdsong Ford among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 2019, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 85% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
119 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Tyler
They are 119 of the 5,531 NPPES records with a practice address in Tyler, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD's NPI number?
Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760943310, issued on Mar 27, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 E 5TH St Ste 400, Tyler, TX, 75701. Phone: (903) 596-3500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T9685, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD had 4,179 Medicare Part D claims for 424 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nichole Birdsong Ford, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 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.