Preston Ball, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Gainesville, GA
Preston Ball, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Gainesville, Georgia, and NPI 1316910359, issued on Feb 9, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 045714, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Preston Ball
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 045714 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 743 Spring St NE, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Phone
- (770) 536-2146
- Enumerated
- Feb 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 4, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (770) 536-7895
- Medicaid ID
- 000859713D GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050511000223); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Wisconsin, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Preston Ball in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 045714Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
258 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 55 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen41 claims
- Cephalexin25 claims
- Ondansetron Odt24 claims
- Azithromycin13 claims
- Prednisone12 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): 50.4 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Georgia Emergency Department Services, P.C.Braselton, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Preston Ball among 1,685 emergency medicine physician records in Georgia
Preston Ball, MD is one of 1,685 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2011 among the 954 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
45 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Gainesville
They are 45 of the 2,998 NPPES records with a practice address in Gainesville, and 1,685 emergency medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Preston Ball, MD's NPI number?
Preston Ball, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316910359, issued on Feb 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Preston Ball, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 743 Spring St NE, Gainesville, GA, 30501. Phone: (770) 536-2146. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Preston Ball, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 045714, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Preston Ball, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Preston Ball, MD had 258 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Preston Ball, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 50.4 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.