Philip A. Fong, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Durham, NC
Philip A. Fong, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1366657256, issued on May 14, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 2012-00168, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Philip A. Fong
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 2012-00168 NC
4301088255 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC 27704
- Phone
- (919) 684-8111
- Enumerated
- May 14, 2007
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130715000222); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Wisconsin, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 407 Crutchfield St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Philip A. Fong in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2012-00168Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
40 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin14 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: $265.43
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ethicon US, LLC. 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 one group practice
- Duke Health Integrated Practice IncDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Philip A. Fong, M.D.'s NPI number?
Philip A. Fong, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366657256, issued on May 14, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Philip A. Fong, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC, 27704. Phone: (919) 684-8111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Philip A. Fong, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2012-00168, 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 Philip A. Fong, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Philip A. Fong, M.D. had 40 Medicare Part D claims for 24 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.