Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Joseph Ford, DO

Individual provider Urology Physician · NPI 1912261405

Dr. Joseph Ford, DO practises Urology in Visalia, California. Qualified in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with Central Valley General Hospital, a 87-clinician group. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
14
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2012
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

5400 W Hillsdale Ave
Visalia, CA 93291-8222
Phone: (559) 738-7525
Fax: (559) 739-2007
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Specialties & licences

Urology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208800000X · Licence 20A16006 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1912261405
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJune 28, 2012
Last updated in NPPESJuly 3, 2023
Certification dateJuly 3, 2023

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyUROLOGY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice Central Valley General Hospital — 87 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Not indicated
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Prostate resection 75 times · 99th percentile
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Removal of the uterus 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients558
Services billed 10,358 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $1,073 46 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $100 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Adventist Health Tulare Hospital · Tulare, CA
  • Adventist Health Hanford Hospital · Hanford, CA
  • Kaweah Health Medical Center Hospital · Visalia, CA

Colleagues at Central Valley General Hospital

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 87 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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