NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kirkwood Adams, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Chapel Hill, NC

Kirkwood Adams, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and NPI 1710069810, issued on Oct 19, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 0000-20866, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1710069810
Name
Kirkwood Adams
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
License number
0000-20866 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone
(919) 966-8596
Enumerated
Oct 19, 2006
Record last updated
Jun 20, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(919) 843-5515
Medicaid ID
8910294 NC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100506000432); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1976
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 101 Manning Dr

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Melanie Adams, PACPhysician Assistant1174695456
  2. Kimberly Adamson, NNPNurse Practitioner1255429577
  3. Mukhtar Adem, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1457445769
  4. Araba Afenyi-Annan, MDClinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Physician1275629842
  5. Thaniyyah Ahmad, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1023454600
  6. Marco Aleman, MDInternal Medicine Physician1275558520

Verify Kirkwood Adams in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024

22 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 68% of claims.

  1. Kirkwood Adams22
  2. Specialty average3,078

Most prescribed

  1. Eliquis12 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $740.09

11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Kirkwood Adams$740.09
  2. Specialty average$3,819.56

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

  1. University OF North Carolina AT Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Kirkwood Adams among 841 cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina

Kirkwood Adams, MD is one of 841 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 83% 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 17% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 42% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • Graduated1976 · median 1999 among the 606 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2008 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 841 cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Leonard Gettes, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991467521724
  2. Thomas Griggs, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991316012164
  3. Alan Hinderliter, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991689749400
  4. Robert Kelly, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991003983784
  5. Jeffrey Klein, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991144229758
  6. Paula Miller, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991730249392
  7. Timothy Nichols, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991750441358
  8. Winston Patterson, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991134296122

Common questions

What is Kirkwood Adams, MD's NPI number?

Kirkwood Adams, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710069810, issued on Oct 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kirkwood Adams, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599. Phone: (919) 966-8596. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kirkwood Adams, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 0000-20866, 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.

How much does Kirkwood Adams, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kirkwood Adams, MD had 22 Medicare Part D claims; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

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.