Stephen Hubert Sims, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Albemarle, NC
Stephen Hubert Sims, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Albemarle, North Carolina, and NPI 1144245853, issued on Jul 13, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 33749, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stephen Hubert Sims
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 33749 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 105 Yadkin St, Albemarle, NC 28001
- Phone
- (980) 323-5425
- Enumerated
- Jul 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070130000482); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Stephen Hubert Sims in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 33749Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $5,550.81
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Synthes GmbH. 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 2 group practices
- Carolinas Physicians Network IncAlbemarle, NC
- Cutting Edge Physical Therapy Limited PartnershipRichmond, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stephen Hubert Sims among 977 orthopaedic surgery physician records in North Carolina
Stephen Hubert Sims, MD is one of 977 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 80% 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2003 among the 677 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 207X00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Albemarle
They are 6 of the 479 NPPES records with a practice address in Albemarle, and 977 orthopaedic surgery physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Scott Sherrill, MDAlbemarle, NC 280011447294137
- Joseph Zucker, MDAlbemarle, NC 280011992786537
- Erik Johnson, MDBelmont, NC 280121538134341
- Parag Phadke, MDBelmont, NC 280121184797219
- Justin Rennard, MDBelmont, NC 280121780180125
Common questions
What is Stephen Hubert Sims, MD's NPI number?
Stephen Hubert Sims, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144245853, issued on Jul 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stephen Hubert Sims, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 105 Yadkin St, Albemarle, NC, 28001. Phone: (980) 323-5425. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stephen Hubert Sims, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 33749, 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.
What is Stephen Hubert Sims, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.