Dr. Robert C. Ford III, DO

  • Sebastian, FL
  • Emergency medicine physician
NPI1487940060PAC ID4183869175
Medicare services, 2024
743
Medicare patients, 2024
403
Part D claims, 2024
273
Publications
18
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
13695 Us Hwy 1, Sebastian, FL 32958
Practice phone
Call (772) 589-3187
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Primary practice

Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital

Hospital · Sebastian, Florida

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Dr. Robert C. Ford III is an emergency medicine physician in Sebastian, Florida

Dr. Ford practices at Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital in Sebastian, Florida, part of Orlando Health.

Dr. Ford's NPI, 1487940060, was assigned on June 22, 2011. Dr. Ford graduated from West Virginia School Of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. Dr. Ford holds Florida license OS12456.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4183869175
NPI enumeration date
June 22, 2011
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(772) 589-3187
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
41
Medical school graduation
2011

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Robert C. Ford III practices at Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital in Sebastian, Florida

Dr. Ford's primary practice is Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital, at 13695 Us Hwy 1, Sebastian, FL 32958 in Indian River County. The practice phone is (772) 589-3187.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Robert C. Ford III is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Ford's primary practice is Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital in Sebastian, Florida, part of Orlando Health. Dr. Ford is also affiliated with Holmes Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Emergency Physicians of Central Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ford to 1 more hospital and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert C. Ford III's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ford practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Orlando Health Sebastian River HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Robert C. Ford III is one of 3,847 emergency medicine physicians in Florida

Emergency medicine is Dr. Ford's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Ford is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ford's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Emergency medicine, FloridaPrimaryLicense OS12456 · taxonomy 207P00000X
  • Ohio licenseLicense 34010661

Emergency medicine physicians near Dr. Ford

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Dr. Robert C. Ford III billed Medicare for 743 services in 2024

CMS data shows 743 Medicare services from Dr. Ford across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 403 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $60,474 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024743
Medicare patients403
Paid by Medicare$60,474
Procedure codes4

Dr. Ford's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4632024: 4258%
Tests and treatments
2023: 2742024: 31816%

Dr. Ford compared with the Florida median for emergency medicine physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Ford
  • Florida median
Medicare services
743vs 3082.4 times
Medicare patients
403vs 27745% above
Part D claims
152vs 8481% above

Medians across 3,699 emergency medicine physicians in Florida 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. Robert C. Ford III treated 403 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 403 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ford in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 149 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ford's median patient age at 58, with 55% women.

Medicare patients, 2024403
Average age76
Average risk score2.07
Also on Medicaid24%

Dr. Ford's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ford's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women22456%
  • Men17944%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ford's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis58%
  4. Diabetes54%
  5. Ischemic heart disease47%
  6. Anxiety46%
  7. Chronic kidney disease45%
  8. Mood disorders43%

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 58

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women55%
  • Men45%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert C. Ford III wrote 273 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ford wrote 273 Medicare Part D claims for 180 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 152 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $645 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 142 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024273
Drugs named by CMS6
Total drug cost$645
Part D patients180

Dr. Ford's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic252 claims92%
  • Brand-name21 claims8%

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

  • Opioids23%62 of 273 claims
  • Antibiotics22%59 of 273 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: 1422024: 1527%

Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 6 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. Robert C. Ford III takes part in Medicare

Dr. Ford accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Robert C. Ford III has 18 publications on record

Dmand AI links 18 papers to Dr. Ford, published from 2007 to 2011. 2008 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Cryoelectron Microscopy, Patient Satisfaction and Protein Conformation. Dr. Ford has published most often in Health Care Manage Rev.

Papers18
Years published2007 to 2011

Dr. Ford's papers by year, 2007 to 2011

Topics Dr. Ford writes about most

  • Cryoelectron Microscopy
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Protein Conformation
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Focus Groups
  • Guidelines as Topic

Recent publications by Dr. Ford

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Dr. Robert C. Ford III received $561 in industry payments from 2016 to 2021

CMS Open Payments shows 24 general payments to Dr. Ford from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2021. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $367.

General payments to Dr. Ford by program year, 2016 to 2021

Companies that paid Dr. Ford the most, 2016 to 2021

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Robert C. Ford III graduated from West Virginia School Of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Ford graduated from West Virginia School Of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. Dr. Ford is a member of ACEP and AOA.

  1. Medical schoolWest Virginia School Of Osteopathic Medicine
  2. Board certified in emergency medicineAmerican Board of Emergency Medicine
  3. Board certified in 2013 - 2026FL State License
  4. Board certified in 2011 - 2015OH State License
  5. Board certified in 2020 - 2022VA State License

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert C. Ford III accepts plans from 6 insurance carriers

Dr. Ford is in network with 6 carriers, including Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, United Healthcare and CMS Medicare. Medicaid plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • United Healthcare
  • CMS Medicare
  • GA State Medicaid
  • RI State Medicaid
  • WI State Medicaid

Plan types Dr. Ford accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicaid3
  2. Medicare3
  3. HMO2
  4. POS2
  5. PPO2
  6. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert C. Ford III's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert C. Ford III's NPI number?

Dr. Robert C. Ford III's NPI number is 1487940060. It was assigned on June 22, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert C. Ford III?

Dr. Robert C. Ford III is an emergency medicine physician in Sebastian, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Emergency Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207P00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert C. Ford III practice?

Dr. Ford practices at 13695 Us Hwy 1, Sebastian, FL 32958. Dr. Ford's primary practice is Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital in Sebastian, Florida, part of Orlando Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ford to 1 hospital and 3 medical groups.

What is Dr. Robert C. Ford III's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ford is (772) 589-3187.

What is Dr. Robert C. Ford III's medical license number?

Dr. Ford holds Florida license OS12456, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Robert C. Ford III been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ford in Florida and Ohio.

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert C. Ford III affiliated with?

Dr. Ford practices at Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital in Sebastian, Florida. Dr. Ford is also affiliated with Holmes Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Ford to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Robert C. Ford III part of?

Dr. Ford is linked to Emergency Physicians of Central Florida. Dmand AI links Dr. Ford to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Robert C. Ford III accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ford billed Medicare for 743 services in 2024, and Dr. Ford accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert C. Ford III see?

CMS counts 403 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ford in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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Is Dr. Robert C. Ford III board certified?

Yes. Dr. Ford is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

What services does Dr. Robert C. Ford III bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ford's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93010), emergency department visit (99285) and critical care (99291).

Where did Dr. Robert C. Ford III go to medical school?

Dr. Ford graduated from West Virginia School Of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011.

What drugs does Dr. Robert C. Ford III prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ford's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Naproxen and Cephalexin.

Has Dr. Robert C. Ford III received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $561 in general payments to Dr. Ford from 6 companies from 2016 to 2021. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert C. Ford III been practicing?

Dr. Ford graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert C. Ford III do research?

Dmand AI links 18 publications to Dr. Ford, published from 2007 to 2011.

What insurance does Dr. Robert C. Ford III accept?

Dr. Ford is in network with 6 carriers, including Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, United Healthcare and CMS Medicare. Medicaid plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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