NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thomas B. McElwee, M.D.

Surgery Physician · Charlotte, NC

Thomas B. McElwee, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Charlotte, North Carolina, and NPI 1790761310, issued on Dec 15, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 25625, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1790761310
Name
Thomas B. McElwee
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
25625 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2001 Vail Ave Ste 320, Charlotte, NC 28207
Phone
(704) 364-8100
Enumerated
Dec 15, 2005
Record last updated
Feb 8, 2022
Fax
(704) 365-2073
Medicaid ID
8956503 NC
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2001 Vail Ave Ste 320

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Matthew Alter, M.D.Surgery Physician1558367235
  2. Kathryn Davis, M.D.Vascular Surgery Physician1871791301
  3. Sandra Giller, MDSurgery Physician1750421228

Verify Thomas B. McElwee in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score84.2
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $22.22

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. 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.

  1. Thomas McElwee$22.22
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Thomas B. McElwee among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina

Thomas B. McElwee, M.D. is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 85% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
  • Record last updated2022 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Matthew Alter, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282071558367235
  2. Jason Burgess, MDCharlotte, NC 282071043201361
  3. Ashley Christmas, MDCharlotte, NC 282071811928500
  4. Charles Collin, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282071790721371
  5. Roger Denny, MDCharlotte, NC 282071295766996
  6. Lon Eskind, MDCharlotte, NC 282071689605305
  7. William Geissinger, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282071063498772
  8. Timothy Kuwada, MDCharlotte, NC 282071114954591

Common questions

What is Thomas B. McElwee, M.D.'s NPI number?

Thomas B. McElwee, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790761310, issued on Dec 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Thomas B. McElwee, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2001 Vail Ave Ste 320, Charlotte, NC, 28207. Phone: (704) 364-8100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Thomas B. McElwee, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 25625, 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 Thomas B. McElwee, M.D.'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.