NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thomas Norman Steele, M.D.

Plastic Surgery Physician · Winston Salem, NC

Thomas Norman Steele, M.D. is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1477085686, issued on Mar 28, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 2024-00861, 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
1477085686
Name
Thomas Norman Steele
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
License numbers
2024-00861 NC
U4941 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157
Phone
(363) 716-4171
Enumerated
Mar 28, 2017
Record last updated
Sep 25, 2024
Fax
(336) 716-8759
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20241014002716); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2017
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at Medical Center Blvd

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

  1. Franco Abad, PAPhysician Assistant1154017440
  2. Mohammed Abdulhaleem, MDHospitalist Physician1023472693
  3. Firas Abdulmajeed, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1427358043
  4. Nuhad Abou Zeid, MDNeurology Physician1144427766
  5. Rachel AbrahamStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1790451987
  6. Jon Abramson, MDPediatric Infectious Diseases Physician1033194691

Verify Thomas Norman Steele 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 74.6 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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 score56.1
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%59.2
  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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $541.42

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Thomas Steele$541.42
  2. Specialty average$5,316.31

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

  1. Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston Salem, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Thomas Norman Steele among 146 plastic surgery physician records in North Carolina

Thomas Norman Steele, M.D. is one of 146 plastic surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 90% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 90% of these records are older, 8% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
  • Graduated2017 · median 2002 among the 81 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Plastic Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 146 plastic surgery physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 plastic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Louis Argenta, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571710962766
  2. Bennett Calder, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571972899342
  3. Lisa David, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571659357143
  4. Anthony Defranzo, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571073598017
  5. Adam Katz, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571174692784
  6. Bill Kortesis, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571316122575
  7. Malcolm Marks, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571851376891
  8. Jacob Maus, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571710484225

Common questions

What is Thomas Norman Steele, M.D.'s NPI number?

Thomas Norman Steele, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477085686, issued on Mar 28, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Thomas Norman Steele, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (363) 716-4171. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Thomas Norman Steele, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2024-00861, 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 Norman Steele, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.