Dr. Frank S. Fortenberry, MD

Dr. Fortenberry practices at North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo in Tupelo, Mississippi, part of North Mississippi Health Services.

Dr. Fortenberry's NPI, 1811963408, was assigned on February 24, 2006. Dr. Fortenberry holds Mississippi license 13173.

Dr. Fortenberry's primary practice is North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo, at 830 S Gloster Street, Tupelo, MS 38801 in Lee County. The practice phone is (662) 377-6608.

Dr. Fortenberry's primary practice is North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo in Tupelo, Mississippi, part of North Mississippi Health Services. Dr. Fortenberry is also affiliated with North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore-Amory. The medical group on file is North Mississippi Medical Clinics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fortenberry to 1 more hospital, 2 home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 hospice, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Fortenberry practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 7,861 Medicare services from Dr. Fortenberry across 45 procedure codes in 2024, for 443 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $221,471 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 443 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fortenberry in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 194 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Fortenberry's median patient age at 80, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Fortenberry wrote 10,172 Medicare Part D claims for 546 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 9,617 of them, across 112 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $302,734 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 10,865 claims across 117 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 32 general payments to Dr. Fortenberry from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $90.