Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr., MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 4,301
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 589
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,848
- MIPS score, 2024
- 94
- Hospital affiliations
- 4
- Practice address
- 870 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC 28607
- Practice phone
- Call (828) 264-4545
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc.
Boone, North Carolina
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Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. is an otolaryngologist in Boone, North Carolina
Dr. Ford practices at Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc. in Boone, North Carolina.
Dr. Ford's NPI, 1164481727, was assigned on March 22, 2006. Dr. Ford graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Ford holds North Carolina license 94-00056.
- NPI
- 1164481727NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 5092628537
- NPI enumeration date
- March 22, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (828) 264-4545
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 67
- Medical school graduation
- 1985
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. practices at Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc. in Boone, North Carolina
Dr. Ford's primary practice is Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc., at 870 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC 28607 in Watauga County. The practice phone is (828) 264-4545.
- Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc.870 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC 28607 · Watauga CountyPhone(828) 264-4545
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Ford's primary practice is Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc. in Boone, North Carolina. Dr. Ford is also affiliated with Watauga Medical Center. The medical group on file is Blue Ridge Ear, Nose, and Throat. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ford to 3 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr.'s practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ford practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc. | Available with a free account |
| +5 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. is one of 342 otolaryngologists in North Carolina
Otolaryngology is Dr. Ford's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dr. Ford is licensed in North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Otolaryngology, North CarolinaPrimary
Otolaryngologists near Dr. Ford
Counts of otolaryngologists 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. Charles W. Ford Jr. billed Medicare for 4,301 services in 2024
CMS data shows 4,301 Medicare services from Dr. Ford across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 589 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $117,916 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Ford's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 4,6382024: 3,17831%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 7492024: 7561%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2722024: 2741%
- Other services
- 2023: 512024: 478%
- Imaging
- 2023: 692024: 4633%
Dr. Ford compared with the North Carolina median for otolaryngologists, 2024
- Dr. Ford
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 4,301vs 6286.8 times
- Medicare patients
- 589vs 2862.1 times
- Part D claims
- 3,651vs 25414.4 times
Medians across 333 otolaryngologists in North Carolina 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. Charles W. Ford Jr. treated 589 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 589 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ford in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 267 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.06, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ford's median patient age at 72, with 62% women.
Dr. Ford's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Ford's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women32856%
- Men26144%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Ford's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure72%
- Arthritis53%
- Mood disorders26%
- Anxiety25%
- Depression24%
- Ischemic heart disease23%
- Diabetes21%
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 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women62%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. wrote 3,848 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Ford wrote 3,848 Medicare Part D claims for 632 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,651 of them, across 44 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $85,833 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,910 claims across 46 drugs.
Dr. Ford's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,453 claims90%
- Brand-name384 claims10%
- Other11 claims0%
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
- Opioids1%25 of 3,848 claims
- Antibiotics5%199 of 3,848 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: 3,9102024: 3,6517%
Drugs named by CMS: 44 in 2024, 46 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. Charles W. Ford Jr. scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Ford for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ford accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Ford's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 94of 100Final score
- 91.3of 100Quality
- 97of 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. Charles W. Ford Jr. received $2,831 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 123 general payments to Dr. Ford from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $544.
General payments to Dr. Ford by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Ford by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$2,81699%
- Education$151%
Companies that paid Dr. Ford 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. Charles W. Ford Jr. graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Dr. Ford graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1985.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr.'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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. Charles W. Ford Jr.'s NPI number?
Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr.'s NPI number is 1164481727. It was assigned on March 22, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr.?
Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. is an otolaryngologist in Boone, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Otolaryngology Physician (taxonomy code 207Y00000X).
Where does Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. practice?
Dr. Ford practices at 870 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC 28607. Dr. Ford's primary practice is Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc. in Boone, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ford to 3 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr.'s office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Ford is (828) 264-4545.
What is Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr.'s medical license number?
Dr. Ford holds North Carolina license 94-00056.
Which hospitals is Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. affiliated with?
Dr. Ford is affiliated with Watauga Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Ford to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. part of?
Dr. Ford is linked to Blue Ridge Ear, Nose, and Throat.
Does Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ford billed Medicare for 4,301 services in 2024, and Dr. Ford accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr.'s MIPS score?
Dr. Ford's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. see?
CMS counts 589 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ford in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Ford's most billed Medicare services were allergy test or treatment (95165), office visit, established patient (99214) and allergy test or treatment (95117).
Where did Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. go to medical school?
Dr. Ford graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1985.
What drugs does Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ford's most prescribed drugs by claims were Famotidine, Montelukast Sodium and Omeprazole.
Has Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,831 in general payments to Dr. Ford from 34 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
How long has Dr. Charles W. Ford Jr. been practicing?
Dr. Ford graduated from medical school in 1985, 41 years ago.
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