Vinnette Theresa Forde, MD

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

36273 Issued in KY

Practice address

200 E Chestnut St Apt 1516
Chicago, IL 60611-2328

Phone

(859) 221-0275

NPI assigned

Apr 20, 2006

Last updated

Aug 29, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Vinnette T Little Professional name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in KY, IL2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 1994

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Sound Physicians of Illinois LLCGroup PAC ID 1557533734, 193 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago Heights Hospital, Olympia Fields, IL, CCN 140172

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: vforde33053@ukhcdirect.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Sound Physicians of Illinois, LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Bridgeton, MO
  • NPI 1043598865

  IL, Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1326091448
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Greenwood, IN
  • NPI 1124075676

  IL

  Medicare reassignment
• Baptist Physicians Lexington, Inc

  dba Baptist Palliative Medicine

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1043403082
  NPD (past)
• Baptist Physicians Lexington, Inc

  dba Baptist Palliative Medicine

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Lexington, KY
  • NPI 1043583115
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Franciscan Health Olympia Fields

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Olympia Fields, IL
  • NPI 1588771919
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "state": "IL",
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    ]
}

• Sofia Ford
• Vanessa Erica Ford, LCSW, CADC
• Wanissa Ford, FNP-BC
• William J Ford, MD
• Nancy Forde, MHS, CCC-SLP
• Julia Cibul Fording, MSW
• Ama Fordwor-Koranteng, MD
• Jerome C Fore
• Peter F. Fore, M.D.
• Forefront Dermatology SC

• Hospitalist Physician in Chicago, IL
• Providers in Chicago, IL by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in Illinois

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 29, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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