Dr. Peter G. Ford, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 7,682
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,280
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,328
- Publications
- 1
- Industry payments
- $13,394
- Practice address
- 317 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
- Practice phone
- Call (805) 681-7500
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Sansum Clinic
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Santa Barbara, California
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Dr. Peter G. Ford is a dermatologist in Santa Barbara, California
Dr. Ford practices at Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, California.
Dr. Ford's NPI, 1164451639, was assigned on June 30, 2006. Dr. Ford graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Ford holds California license A68809.
- NPI
- 1164451639NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9133163249
- NPI enumeration date
- June 30, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (805) 681-7500
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 57
- Medical school graduation
- 1995
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Peter G. Ford practices at Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, California
Dr. Ford's primary practice is Sansum Clinic, at 317 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. The practice phone is (805) 681-7500.
- Sansum Clinic317 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105Phone(805) 681-7500
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Peter G. Ford is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Ford's primary practice is Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, California. The medical group on file is Sansum Clinic. Dr. Ford's employer is on file too: a surgery center (asc).
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Peter G. Ford's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ford practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Sansum Clinic | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Peter G. Ford is one of 1,910 dermatologists in California
Dermatology is Dr. Ford's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Ford is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dmand AI has Dr. Ford's licenses on file in 2 states: California and North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Dermatology, CaliforniaPrimary
- North Carolina license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acne, acute skin infection, benign or precancerous skin growths, cancerous skin growth removal, cold sores or genital herpes, contact dermatitis, corns and calluses and hives among the conditions Dr. Ford treats.
Dermatologists near Dr. Ford
Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Peter G. Ford billed Medicare for 7,682 services in 2024
CMS data shows 7,682 Medicare services from Dr. Ford across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,280 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $309,904 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Ford's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 5,2432024: 5,5426%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2,0842024: 2,1403%
Dr. Ford compared with the California median for dermatologists, 2024
- Dr. Ford
- California median
- Medicare services
- 7,682vs 1,7504.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 1,280vs 3773.4 times
- Part D claims
- 1,235vs 3673.4 times
Medians across 1,831 dermatologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Ford's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Peter G. Ford treated 1,280 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 1,280 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ford in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 600 patients. 74% of them have high cholesterol, and 59% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.02, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ford's median patient age at 73, with 43% women.
Dr. Ford's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Ford's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women54943%
- Men73157%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Ford's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol74%
- High blood pressure59%
- Arthritis44%
- Chronic kidney disease20%
- Cancer18%
- Mood disorders18%
- Atrial fibrillation17%
- Ischemic heart disease17%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Ford's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women43%
- Men56%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Peter G. Ford wrote 1,328 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Ford wrote 1,328 Medicare Part D claims for 503 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,235 of them, across 28 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $722,149 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,208 claims across 25 drugs.
Dr. Ford's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,199 claims90%
- Brand-name129 claims10%
Dr. Ford's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Ford's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics5%67 of 1,328 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,2082024: 1,2352%
Drugs named by CMS: 28 in 2024, 25 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Peter G. Ford ranks in the 98th percentile for removal of skin lesions in Medicare
Dr. Ford accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ford as offering telehealth. CMS counts 2,283 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Ford, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Where Dr. Ford ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin lesions
- 98th percentile2,283 procedures
- Skin biopsy
- 96th percentile514 procedures
- Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
- 81st percentile33 procedures
- Removal or shaving of skin growth
- 66th percentile13 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Peter G. Ford has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Ford in 2024.
Recent publications by Dr. Ford
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Peter G. Ford received $13,394 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 591 general payments to Dr. Ford from 45 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. paid the most, $2,524.
General payments to Dr. Ford by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Ford by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$10,62279%
- Travel and lodging$2,47718%
- Education$2952%
Companies that paid Dr. Ford the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Peter G. Ford has 2 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Ford, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.
Awards and honors for Dr. Ford
- 2013
- CMS Stage 1 EHR
- 2012
- AAD Fellow
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Peter G. Ford graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine
Dr. Ford graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Ford is a member of AAD.
- Medical school
- Board certified in dermatology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Peter G. Ford accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers
Dr. Ford is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Alliant Health Plans
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Regence Health Plans
- +7 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Ford accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO10
- Medicare8
- HMO6
- POS6
- EPO4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Peter G. Ford's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Peter G. Ford's NPI number?
Dr. Peter G. Ford's NPI number is 1164451639. It was assigned on June 30, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Peter G. Ford?
Dr. Peter G. Ford is a dermatologist in Santa Barbara, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).
Where does Dr. Peter G. Ford practice?
Dr. Ford practices at 317 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Dr. Ford's primary practice is Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, California.
What is Dr. Peter G. Ford's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Ford is (805) 681-7500.
What is Dr. Peter G. Ford's medical license number?
Dr. Ford holds California license A68809, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Peter G. Ford been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ford in California (1999 to 2026) and North Carolina (1998 to 2000).
What medical group is Dr. Peter G. Ford part of?
Dr. Ford is linked to Sansum Clinic.
Does Dr. Peter G. Ford accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ford billed Medicare for 7,682 services in 2024, and Dr. Ford accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Peter G. Ford offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Ford as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Peter G. Ford see?
CMS counts 1,280 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ford in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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Is Dr. Peter G. Ford board certified?
Yes. Dr. Ford is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology.
What services does Dr. Peter G. Ford bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Ford's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).
Where did Dr. Peter G. Ford go to medical school?
Dr. Ford graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1995.
What drugs does Dr. Peter G. Ford prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ford's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ketoconazole, Triamcinolone Acetonide and Ciclopirox.
Has Dr. Peter G. Ford received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $13,394 in general payments to Dr. Ford from 45 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
How long has Dr. Peter G. Ford been practicing?
Dr. Ford graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.
Does Dr. Peter G. Ford do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Ford.
What insurance does Dr. Peter G. Ford accept?
Dr. Ford is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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