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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1952309411

William James Smith, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Lake Placid, New York. Qualified in 1989, 37 years ago. Practices with Carthage Area Hospital Inc, a 123-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in New York.

Years since qualifying
37
Licensed in
NY
In the registry since
2005
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

203 Old Military Rd
Lake Placid, NY 12946-1738
Phone: (518) 523-1327
Fax: (518) 523-9964
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 183901 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1952309411
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 8, 2005
Last updated in NPPESMay 29, 2024
Certification dateMay 29, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1989 (37 years in practice)
Group practice Carthage Area Hospital Inc — 123 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 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.

Knee replacement 45 times · 76th percentile
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 27 times · 71st 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 patients488
Services billed 1,857 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.

Practises at

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

Colleagues at Carthage Area Hospital Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 123 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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