Dr. Billy Mack Pickering, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 5,457
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 355
- Part D claims, 2024
- 14,272
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $2,553
- Practice address
- 6051 US Highway 49, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
- Practice phone
- Call (601) 288-7000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Billy Mack Pickering is a family medicine physician in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dr. Pickering practices at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, part of Forrest County, MS.
Dr. Pickering's NPI, 1487762787, was assigned on August 27, 2006. Dr. Pickering graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Pickering holds Mississippi license 11069.
- NPI
- 1487762787NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4789667536
- NPI enumeration date
- August 27, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (601) 288-7000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 67
- Medical school graduation
- 1985
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Billy Mack Pickering practices at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dr. Pickering's primary practice is Forrest General Hospital, at 6051 US Highway 49, Hattiesburg, MS 39401 in Forrest County. The practice phone is (601) 288-7000.
- Forrest General Hospital6051 US Highway 49, Hattiesburg, MS 39401 · Forrest CountyPhone(601) 288-7000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Billy Mack Pickering is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Pickering's primary practice is Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, part of Forrest County, MS. Dr. Pickering is also affiliated with Covington County Hospital. The medical group on file is Hattiesburg Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Pickering to 2 more home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Billy Mack Pickering's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Pickering practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Forrest General Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +4 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Billy Mack Pickering is one of 954 family medicine physicians in Mississippi
Family medicine is Dr. Pickering's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Pickering is licensed in Mississippi.
Specialties and state licenses
- Family medicine, MississippiPrimary
Family medicine physicians near Dr. Pickering
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Billy Mack Pickering billed Medicare for 5,457 services in 2024
CMS data shows 5,457 Medicare services from Dr. Pickering across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 355 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $164,234 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Pickering's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,5162024: 1,33812%
- Other services
- 2023: 5542024: 1,236123%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 1,0192024: 1,13812%
- Surgery
- 2023: 7972024: 7664%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 5532024: 5196%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 5232024: 46012%
Dr. Pickering compared with the Mississippi median for family medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Pickering
- Mississippi median
- Medicare services
- 5,457vs 8006.8 times
- Medicare patients
- 355vs 25539% above
- Part D claims
- 13,662vs 1,7927.6 times
Medians across 967 family medicine physicians in Mississippi with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Pickering'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. Billy Mack Pickering treated 355 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 355 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Pickering in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 141 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Pickering's median patient age at 74, with 51% women.
Dr. Pickering's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Pickering's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women19555%
- Men16045%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Pickering's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis61%
- Ischemic heart disease35%
- Chronic kidney disease34%
- Depression34%
- Diabetes34%
- Mood disorders34%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Pickering's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 74
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men49%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Billy Mack Pickering wrote 14,272 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Pickering wrote 14,272 Medicare Part D claims for 515 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13,662 of them, across 163 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $634,287 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 13,227 claims across 165 drugs.
Dr. Pickering's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic12,976 claims91%
- Brand-name1,239 claims9%
- Other57 claims0%
Dr. Pickering'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. Pickering's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%497 of 14,272 claims
- Antibiotics3%389 of 14,272 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%52 of 14,272 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: 13,2272024: 13,6623%
Drugs named by CMS: 163 in 2024, 165 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. Billy Mack Pickering ranks in the 66th percentile for removal of skin lesions in Medicare
Dr. Pickering accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 23 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Pickering, more than 66% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Pickering ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin lesions
- 66th percentile23 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. Billy Mack Pickering received $2,553 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 168 general payments to Dr. Pickering from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $458.
General payments to Dr. Pickering by program year, 2016 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Pickering 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. Billy Mack Pickering graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Dr. Pickering graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1985.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Billy Mack Pickering'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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Billy Mack Pickering's NPI number?
Dr. Billy Mack Pickering's NPI number is 1487762787. It was assigned on August 27, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Billy Mack Pickering?
Dr. Billy Mack Pickering is a family medicine physician in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).
Where does Dr. Billy Mack Pickering practice?
Dr. Pickering practices at 6051 US Highway 49, Hattiesburg, MS 39401. Dr. Pickering's primary practice is Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, part of Forrest County, MS. Dmand AI also links Dr. Pickering to 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Billy Mack Pickering's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Pickering is (601) 288-7000.
What is Dr. Billy Mack Pickering's medical license number?
Dr. Pickering holds Mississippi license 11069.
Which hospitals is Dr. Billy Mack Pickering affiliated with?
Dr. Pickering practices at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dr. Pickering is also affiliated with Covington County Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Billy Mack Pickering part of?
Dr. Pickering is linked to Hattiesburg Clinic.
Does Dr. Billy Mack Pickering accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Pickering billed Medicare for 5,457 services in 2024, and Dr. Pickering accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Billy Mack Pickering see?
CMS counts 355 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Pickering in 2024, with an average age of 76.
What services does Dr. Billy Mack Pickering bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Pickering's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415).
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Where did Dr. Billy Mack Pickering go to medical school?
Dr. Pickering graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1985.
What drugs does Dr. Billy Mack Pickering prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Pickering's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Gabapentin.
Has Dr. Billy Mack Pickering received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,553 in general payments to Dr. Pickering from 25 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Pfizer Inc.
How long has Dr. Billy Mack Pickering been practicing?
Dr. Pickering graduated from medical school in 1985, 41 years ago.
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