Leverne Smith Fox, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Boone, NC
Leverne Smith Fox, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Boone, North Carolina, and NPI 1629036488, issued on May 2, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 25286, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Leverne Smith Fox
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License numbers
- 25286 NC
12776 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 178 Highway 105 Ext Ste 102, Boone, NC 28607
- Phone
- (828) 262-0140
- Enumerated
- May 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 13, 2023
- Fax
- (828) 262-0160
- Medicaid IDs
- 127767 SC
890526N NC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070816000609); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Leverne Smith Fox in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 25286Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
2,901 Medicare Part D claims for 424 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis285 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate285 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium231 claims
- Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)142 claims
- Repatha Sureclick126 claims
- Carvedilol102 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $523.14
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. 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.
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
- Dlp Frye Medical Group LLCHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Leverne Smith Fox among 841 cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina
Leverne Smith Fox, M.D. 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
- Graduated1980 · median 1999 among the 606 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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.
All 841 in North Carolina → Every provider in Boone → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Peter Ashline, M.D.Boone, NC 286071134136351
- Stephen Cherry, M.D.Boone, NC 286071346217247
- Donna Denier, M.D.Boone, NC 286071225038060
- George Hanna, MDBoone, NC 286071295805554
- Joseph Helak, M.D.Boone, NC 286071609888569
- Ghassan Alkoutami, MDHickory, NC 286021508867516
- Brian Hearon, M.D.Hickory, NC 286021437112836
- Ralph Mc Donald, M.D.Hickory, NC 286021609839901
Common questions
What is Leverne Smith Fox, M.D.'s NPI number?
Leverne Smith Fox, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629036488, issued on May 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Leverne Smith Fox, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 178 Highway 105 Ext Ste 102, Boone, NC, 28607. Phone: (828) 262-0140. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Leverne Smith Fox, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 25286, 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 Leverne Smith Fox, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Leverne Smith Fox, M.D. had 2,901 Medicare Part D claims for 424 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Leverne Smith Fox, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.