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Dr. Edward Lee Smith, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · NPI 1497199020

Dr. Edward Lee Smith, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Meridian, Mississippi. Graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2013, 13 years ago. Practices with The Columbus Orthopaedic Clinic, PA, a 51-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Louisiana, Mississippi and Rhode Island.

Years since qualifying
13
Trained at
Tulane University School of Medicine
Licensed in
LA, MS, RI
In the registry since
2013
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

5002 Highway 39 N Bldg C
Meridian, MS 39301-1078
Phone: (601) 385-9111
Fax: (662) 328-1507
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence 26816 (MS)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 306961 (LA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence MD16253 (RI)

Record details

NPI number1497199020
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 25, 2013
Last updated in NPPESDecember 3, 2025
Certification dateDecember 3, 2025

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolTULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2013 (13 years in practice)
Group practice The Columbus Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. — 51 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Spinal fusion 226 times · 92nd percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 49 times · 76th percentile

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 patients369
Services billed 1,443 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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.

Consulting Fee $144,750 17 payments
Travel and Lodging $3,452 3 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Royalty or License $2,491 1 payment · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Food and Beverage $450 9 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, 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.

  • Anderson Regional Medical Center Hospital · Meridian, MS
  • Ochsner Choctaw General Hospital · Butler, AL · listed as Rush Hospital/Butler, Inc
  • Ochsner Rush Hospital Hospital · Meridian, MS · listed as Rush Care, Inc
  • Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital Hospital · De Kalb, MS
  • Ochsner Watkins Hospital Hospital · Quitman, MS
  • Accentcare Home Health Of Carthage Home health agency · Carthage, MS
  • Centerwell Home Health Home health agency · Meridian, MS

Colleagues at The Columbus Orthopaedic Clinic, PA

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 51 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.