Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD
Surgery Physician · Morehead City, NC
Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Morehead City, North Carolina, and NPI 1851599831, issued on Jul 11, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 141282, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mindy Lee Nace Merritt
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 141282 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 306 Medical Park CT, Morehead City, NC 28557
- Phone
- (252) 247-2101
- Enumerated
- Jul 11, 2007
- Record last updated
- May 29, 2024
- Fax
- (252) 247-4675
- Medicaid ID
- 5920642 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120801000830); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pennsylvania State University College Of Medicine, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 306 Medical Park CT
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sara Bishop, PA-CPhysician Assistant1689924961
- Casey Carter, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1689925760
- Mary Elesha-Adams, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1427035708
- Helen Goodman, NPNurse Practitioner1568468866
- Terrence Goodman, MDInternal Medicine Physician1124022454
- John Johnson, MDSurgery Physician1821197609
Verify Mindy Lee Nace Merritt in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 141282Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
26% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
109 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 46 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen43 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl35 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: $25.91
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Baxter Healthcare. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 2 group practices
- Carteret County General Hospital CorporationMorehead City, NC
- Carteret Medical Group LLCCedar Point, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
11 surgery physician records list a practice address in Morehead City
They are 11 of the 656 NPPES records with a practice address in Morehead City, and 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
All 11 in Morehead City → All 1,170 in North Carolina → Every provider in Morehead City →
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Common questions
What is Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD's NPI number?
Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851599831, issued on Jul 11, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 306 Medical Park CT, Morehead City, NC, 28557. Phone: (252) 247-2101. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 141282, 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 Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mindy Lee Nace Merritt, MD had 109 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.