Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Walter Ryan Smith, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1194221614

Dr. Walter Ryan Smith, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Birmingham, Alabama. Graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2018, 8 years ago. Practices with University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC, a 2,759-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama and Texas.

Years since qualifying
8
Trained at
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Licensed in
AL, TX
In the registry since
2018
Specialties on file
2
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

1201 11th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35205-3423
Phone: (205) 930-7100
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 7401 Main St, Houston, TX 77030-4509 — (713) 799-2300

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 38963 (AL)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence U2325 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1194221614
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 3, 2018
Last updated in NPPESAugust 22, 2024
Certification dateAugust 22, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2018 (8 years in practice)
Group practice University Of Alabama Health Services Foundation, Pc — 2759 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.

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 21 times · 64th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 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 patients57
Services billed 122 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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 $6,718 4 payments
Travel and Lodging $825 1 payment · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $555 25 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2759 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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