Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Asheville, NC
Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1790246536, issued on Mar 26, 2019. Check the license (North Carolina 123456, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes
- Credential
- MD, MPH
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License numbers
- 123456 NC
D0100313 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 75B Livingston St, Asheville, NC 28801
- Phone
- (828) 258-8800
- Enumerated
- Mar 26, 2019
- Record last updated
- Aug 1, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251017000572); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 75B Livingston St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Shannon Alejandro, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1215357025
- Robert Boykin, M.D.Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1518158633
- Stephanie BucyPhysician Assistant1629266309
- Garrett Burrell, DOSports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1558011304
- Natalie ChapinPhysical Therapist1366861403
- Philip Fontenot, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1306232731
Verify Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 123456Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
17 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $11,232.14
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Arthrex, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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 3 group practices
- Emergeortho PAAsheville, NC
- Proactive Therapy OF North Carolina IncMarion, NC
- St Paul Place Specialists, Inc.Baltimore, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 977 orthopaedic surgery physician records in North Carolina.
Other orthopaedic surgery physician records in North Carolina
- Samuel Abrams, M.D.Asheville, NC1982929717
- Richard Adams, M.D.Statesville, NC1699767350
- Samuel Adams, M.D.Durham, NC1639358617
- Temitope Adebayo, MDLumberton, NC1912499385
- Briggs Ahearn, MDPineville, NC1659798015
- Daniel Albright, MDRaleigh, NC1053314922
- Shannon Alejandro, M.D.Asheville, NC1215357025
- Richard Alexander, M.D.Laurinburg, NC1295875581
- Richard Alioto, M.D.Clayton, NC1780771220
- David Allen, M.D.Lumberton, NC1154310290
Common questions
What is Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH's NPI number?
Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790246536, issued on Mar 26, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 75B Livingston St, Asheville, NC, 28801. Phone: (828) 258-8800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 123456, 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 Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH had 17 Medicare Part D claims; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. 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.