Dr. Sally S. Ball, MD

  • Shreveport, LA
  • Internist
NPI1568441251PAC ID8022919729
Medicare services, 2024
2,559
Medicare patients, 2024
432
Part D claims, 2024
8,898
Publications
3
MIPS score, 2024
92
Practice address
8001 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115
Practice phone
Call (318) 212-3456
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Primary practice

Willis Knighton Pierremont

Shreveport, Louisiana

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Dr. Sally S. Ball is an internist in Shreveport, Louisiana

Dr. Ball practices at Willis Knighton Pierremont in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Dr. Ball's NPI, 1568441251, was assigned on January 11, 2006. Dr. Ball graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Ball holds Louisiana license 022535.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8022919729
NPI enumeration date
January 11, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(318) 212-3456
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
57
Medical school graduation
1995

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

Dr. Sally S. Ball practices at Willis Knighton Pierremont in Shreveport, Louisiana

Dr. Ball's primary practice is Willis Knighton Pierremont, at 8001 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115 in Caddo Parish. The practice phone is (318) 212-3456.

  • Willis Knighton Pierremont
    8001 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115 · Caddo ParishPhone(318) 212-3456

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Sally S. Ball is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Ball's primary practice is Willis Knighton Pierremont in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Ball is also affiliated with Willis Knighton North. The medical group on file is Internal Medicine Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ball to 1 more hospital, 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sally S. Ball's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ball practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Willis Knighton PierremontAvailable with a free account
+5 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Sally S. Ball is one of 1,571 internists in Louisiana

Internal medicine is Dr. Ball's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Ball is licensed in Louisiana.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, LouisianaPrimaryLicense 022535 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute mini-stroke (TIA), acute sinusitis, acute skin infection, adjustment disease, alcohol use disorders, aneurysm and ankle or foot injury among the conditions Dr. Ball treats.

Internists near Dr. Ball

Counts of internists 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. Sally S. Ball billed Medicare for 2,559 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,559 Medicare services from Dr. Ball across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 432 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $146,846 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20242,559
Medicare patients432
Paid by Medicare$146,846
Procedure codes21

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,0372024: 1,68217%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 7462024: 33355%
Other services
2023: 4792024: 29039%
Tests and treatments
2023: 4282024: 19754%
Imaging
2023: 972024: 5741%

Dr. Ball compared with the Louisiana median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Ball
  • Louisiana median
Medicare services
2,559vs 4216.1 times
Medicare patients
432vs 1602.7 times
Part D claims
8,118vs 40819.9 times

Medians across 1,561 internists in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ball'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. Sally S. Ball treated 432 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 432 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ball in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 176 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 4% 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. Ball's median patient age at 72, with 74% women.

Medicare patients, 2024432
Average age76
Average risk score1.02
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Ball's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ball's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women33778%
  • Men9522%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis55%
  4. Diabetes31%
  5. Mood disorders28%
  6. Depression27%
  7. Ischemic heart disease27%
  8. Osteoporosis27%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Ball's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women74%
  • Men24%

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

Dr. Sally S. Ball wrote 8,898 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ball wrote 8,898 Medicare Part D claims for 626 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 8,118 of them, across 125 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $550,905 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 7,358 claims across 118 drugs.

Part D claims, 20248,898
Drugs named by CMS125
Total drug cost$550,905
Part D patients626

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

  • Generic7,805 claims88%
  • Brand-name1,029 claims12%
  • Other64 claims1%

Dr. Ball'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. Ball's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids1%45 of 8,898 claims
  • Antibiotics1%82 of 8,898 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%56 of 8,898 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: 7,3582024: 8,11810%

Drugs named by CMS: 125 in 2024, 118 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

Dr. Sally S. Ball scored 92 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Ball for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Ball accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Ball's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 92of 100Final score
  • 81.4of 100Quality
  • 95of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Sally S. Ball has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Ball, published from 2021 to 2023. Dr. Ball has published most often in Australas J Dermatol.

Papers3
Years published2021 to 2023

Dr. Ball's papers by year, 2021 to 2023

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Dr. Sally S. Ball received $7,140 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 461 general payments to Dr. Ball from 49 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Daiichi Sankyo Inc. paid the most, $2,027.

General payments to Dr. Ball by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Ball by kind, 2016 to 2025

$7.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$7,120100%
  • Education$200%

Companies that paid Dr. Ball the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Sally S. Ball has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Ball, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Ball

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sally S. Ball graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine

Dr. Ball graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1995.

  1. Medical schoolLouisiana State University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sally S. Ball accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Dr. Ball is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. 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
  • Humana
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Plan types Dr. Ball accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. Medicare9
  3. HMO6
  4. POS6
  5. EPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Sally S. Ball'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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. Sally S. Ball's NPI number?

Dr. Sally S. Ball's NPI number is 1568441251. It was assigned on January 11, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sally S. Ball?

Dr. Sally S. Ball is an internist in Shreveport, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Sally S. Ball practice?

Dr. Ball practices at 8001 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115. Dr. Ball's primary practice is Willis Knighton Pierremont in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ball to 1 hospital, 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Sally S. Ball's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ball is (318) 212-3456.

What is Dr. Sally S. Ball's medical license number?

Dr. Ball holds Louisiana license 022535.

Which hospitals is Dr. Sally S. Ball affiliated with?

Dr. Ball is affiliated with Willis Knighton North. Dmand AI links Dr. Ball to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Sally S. Ball part of?

Dr. Ball is linked to Internal Medicine Associates.

Does Dr. Sally S. Ball accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ball billed Medicare for 2,559 services in 2024, and Dr. Ball accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Sally S. Ball's MIPS score?

Dr. Ball's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 92 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sally S. Ball see?

CMS counts 432 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ball in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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What services does Dr. Sally S. Ball bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ball's most billed Medicare services were care management and other visits (99490), office visit, established patient (99214) and care management and other visits (99439).

Where did Dr. Sally S. Ball go to medical school?

Dr. Ball graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1995.

What drugs does Dr. Sally S. Ball prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ball's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Levothyroxine Sodium and Metformin HCl.

Has Dr. Sally S. Ball received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $7,140 in general payments to Dr. Ball from 49 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Daiichi Sankyo Inc.

How long has Dr. Sally S. Ball been practicing?

Dr. Ball graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.

Does Dr. Sally S. Ball do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Ball, published from 2021 to 2023.

What insurance does Dr. Sally S. Ball accept?

Dr. Ball is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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