Eric Ray Skipper, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Charlotte, NC
Eric Ray Skipper, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Charlotte, North Carolina, and NPI 1972616175, issued on Aug 15, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 34160, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eric Ray Skipper
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- 34160 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1237 Harding PL, Charlotte, NC 28204
- Phone
- (704) 373-0212
- Enumerated
- Aug 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050310000379); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1237 Harding PL
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Brittany Ackroyd, PAPhysician Assistant1174886485
- Jorge Alegria Bobadilla, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1033195565
- Frank Arko, MDVascular Surgery Physician1134181191
- Jeffrey Ballast, PAPhysician Assistant1063535300
- Lauren Barnack, PAPhysician Assistant1831602556
- Alyssa Behnke, LCSWClinical Social Worker1629453162
Verify Eric Ray Skipper in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 34160Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $14,257.91
63 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was TransMedics, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Carolinas Physicians Network IncCharlotte, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Eric Ray Skipper among 157 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in North Carolina
Eric Ray Skipper, MD is one of 157 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 1998 among the 97 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 157 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in North Carolina.
All 157 in North Carolina → Every provider in Charlotte → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- David Andrews, MDCharlotte, NC 282041487637187
- Jeffrey Everett, MDCharlotte, NC 282041407849532
- John Frederick, MDCharlotte, NC 282041841347937
- Jeffrey Hagen, MDCharlotte, NC 282041558391011
- Harold Howe, MDCharlotte, NC 282041992789457
- Jonathan Kraut, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282041710902937
- Kevin Lobdell, MDCharlotte, NC 282041912920273
- Jeko Madjarov, MDCharlotte, NC 282041033249560
Common questions
What is Eric Ray Skipper, MD's NPI number?
Eric Ray Skipper, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972616175, issued on Aug 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eric Ray Skipper, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1237 Harding PL, Charlotte, NC, 28204. Phone: (704) 373-0212. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eric Ray Skipper, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 34160, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Eric Ray Skipper, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.