PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1992701999

William BallardM.D.

PRACTICECHATTANOOGA ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PCSee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryChattanooga, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,581

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

18,179

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$508K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 503 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TN — top quintile (cohort median 2,357).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,079

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$24K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

6.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Amoxicillin980 claims

Meloxicam458 claims

Ondansetron Hcl283 claims

Celecoxib253 claims

Oxycodone Hcl172 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.3

Quality

92.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

93.2

Payment adjustment

0.81%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where William Ballard's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 70 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC.	707	3,489
Ryan Bowman Physician Assistant · Chattanooga, TN	302	1,009
RIMER, THOMAS	123	512
George Watson Diagnostic Radiology · Chattanooga, TN	105	356
James Marcum Cardiology · Cleveland, TN	87	335
MILLS, ROBERT	79	296
SISKIN HOSPITAL FOR PHYSICAL REHABILITATION	66	191
OXENHANDLER, RONALD	63	279
PIEZ, CHARLES	61	224
PARKRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	56	161
Surgery Center Of Chattanooga Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Chattanooga, TN	55	97
Kenneth Brinn Diagnostic Radiology · Chattanooga, TN	54	207

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history