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Joseph Ratchford in Springfield, Georgia

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Joseph Ratchford has Internal Medicine as his primary medical specialty. Their primary office is: 1571 Hwy 21 S in Springfield, Georgia.

They're a part of the: Effingham Medical Partners, Llc medical group which has around 2 members. You can call their office at 912-754-7500 to schedule an appointment. They also accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. They attended Emory University School Of Medicine and graduated in 1986 (around 38 years of experience). They are not listed as doing telehealth appointments, but this may have changed. It can't hurt to call and check. If anything it may encourage them to make them available if they are not currently.


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Joseph Ratchford
Effingham Medical Partners, Llc
1571 Hwy 21 S
Springfield, Georgia 31329
912-754-7500


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Healthcare Info for Joseph Ratchford

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: Emory University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Ratchford is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2769417054
NPI #: 1730280512
NPI Created On: 09/26/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/04/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
032848
Listed Gender: Male

Insurance, Services, Charges


Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

  • Humana
  • Ambetter
  • Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.


Services and Procedures include:

  1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
  2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
  3. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
  4. Removal of impacted ear wax by washing
  5. Urinalysis, manual test
  6. Coronavirus ag ia
  7. Sarscov & inf vir a&b ag ia
  8. Detection test for influenza virus
  9. Administration of 1 vaccine
  10. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
  11. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
  12. Vaccine for tetanus and diphtheria toxoids injection into muscle, patient 7 years or older
  13. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
  14. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
  15. Hydration infusion into a vein 31 minutes to 1 hour
  16. Hydration infusion into a vein
  17. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
  18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
  19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
  20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).

Open Payments Data. This can include items to test (Durable Medical Equipment (DME)), Biological, Drug Samples, etc. This data must be reported to CMS.


Payments Total: $16

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 788619905

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: Cardiovascular & Metabolism

Name of Drug #1: XARELTO

Open Associated Drug #1: 50458-580-30


Payments Total: $15

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 788619907

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: Cardiovascular & Metabolism

Name of Drug #1: XARELTO

Open Associated Drug #1: 50458-580-30


Payments Total: $25

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 775554173

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: CNS Stimulant for ADHD

Name of Drug #1: Azstarys

Open Associated Drug #1: 65038-286-99


Payments Total: $12

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795782573

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: NEUROSCIENCE

Name of Drug #1: UBRELVY

Open Associated Drug #1: 0023-6501-10


Payments Total: $15

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795782577

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: NEUROSCIENCE

Name of Drug #1: UBRELVY

Open Associated Drug #1: 0023-6501-10


Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795782581

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: NEUROSCIENCE

Name of Drug #1: VRAYLAR

Open Associated Drug #1: 61874-115-31


Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795782585

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: NEUROSCIENCE

Name of Drug #1: UBRELVY

Open Associated Drug #1: 0023-6501-10


Payments Total: $16

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 818595981

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: Diabetes

Name of Drug #1: TRULICITY

Open Associated Drug #1: 0002-1433-80

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #2: Diabetes

Name Of Drug #2:: JARDIANCE

Associated Drug #2: 0597-0152-37


Payments Total: $15

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 818595983

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: Diabetes

Name of Drug #1: TRULICITY

Open Associated Drug #1: 0002-1433-80

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #2: Diabetes

Name Of Drug #2:: JARDIANCE

Associated Drug #2: 0597-0152-37


Payments Total: $12

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 802259037

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: VACCINES

Name of Drug #1: SHINGRIX

Open Associated Drug #1: 58160-823-11

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #2: VACCINES

Name Of Drug #2:: BOOSTRIX

Associated Drug #2: 58160-842-11


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Providers in Effingham Medical Partners, Llc

1.Prakash Patel

1571 Hwy 21 S
Springfield Ga 31329-5214
Effingham Medical Partners, Llc
Internal Medicine

2.Joseph Ratchford

1571 Hwy 21 S
Springfield Ga 31329-5214
Effingham Medical Partners, Llc
Internal Medicine

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