William Joseph Forton, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbus, OH
William Joseph Forton, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbus, Ohio, and NPI 1902067853, issued on Jun 23, 2008. Check the license (Ohio 35.096220, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Joseph Forton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 35.096220 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1654 Upham Dr, Columbus, OH 43210
- Phone
- (614) 293-4919
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jun 19, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110825000669); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify William Joseph Forton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35.096220Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
349 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 26 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefuroxime26 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate18 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium17 claims
- Prednisone17 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass15 claims
- Clopidogrel15 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: $71.45
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, 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
- Usacs Integrated Acute Care Services OF Ohio LLCCincinnati, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
580 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbus
They are 580 of the 36,491 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 5,277 internal medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is William Joseph Forton, M.D.'s NPI number?
William Joseph Forton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902067853, issued on Jun 23, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Joseph Forton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1654 Upham Dr, Columbus, OH, 43210. Phone: (614) 293-4919. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Joseph Forton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35.096220, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does William Joseph Forton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Joseph Forton, M.D. had 349 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.