Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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James Messersmith

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1134203029

James Messersmith is a Physician Assistant in Durham, North Carolina. Qualified in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with Legacy Healthcare Services Inc, a 3,624-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
23
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2006
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Practice location Address checks out

3609 Watkins Rd
Durham, NC 27707-3355 Not confirmed with CMS for 19 years — call before visiting
Phone: (919) 620-4467
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 103883 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1134203029
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedOctober 25, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 8, 2007

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice Legacy Healthcare Services Inc — 3624 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

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 patients467
Services billed 3,589 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 $106 4 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.

  • Duke University Hospital Hospital · Durham, NC
  • Duke Regional Hospital Hospital · Durham, NC
  • Duke Home Health Home health agency · Durham, NC

Colleagues at Legacy Healthcare Services Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3624 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

Other providers in Durham