Dr. William E. Johnston Jr., MD

Dr. Johnston practices at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Yazoo in Yazoo City, Mississippi, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care.

Dr. Johnston's NPI, 1265456206, was assigned on July 26, 2006. Dr. Johnston graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Johnston holds Mississippi license 19317.

Dr. Johnston's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Yazoo, at 823 Grand Avenue, Yazoo City, MS 39194 in Yazoo County. The practice phone is (662) 746-2261.

Dr. Johnston's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Yazoo in Yazoo City, Mississippi, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care. Dr. Johnston is also affiliated with Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala. The medical group on file is American Physician Partners. Dmand AI also links Dr. Johnston to 6 more medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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

Family medicine is Dr. Johnston's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Johnston is licensed in Mississippi.

CMS data shows 402 Medicare services from Dr. Johnston across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 342 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,891 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 342 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Johnston in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 114 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 66% have high cholesterol. 37% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.82, 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. Johnston's median patient age at 70, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Johnston wrote 684 Medicare Part D claims for 411 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 463 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,256 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 529 claims across 22 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Johnston for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Johnston accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 44 general payments to Dr. Johnston from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2019. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies paid the most, $238.

Dr. Johnston graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2006.