NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Legal Medicine in North Carolina

18 NPPES records list legal medicine with a practice address in North Carolina, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 25th highest rate of 46. Raleigh and Lumberton have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 173000000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Raleigh has the most, 3

  1. Raleigh3
  2. Lumberton2
  3. Salisbury2
  4. Wilmington2
  5. Asheboro1

Legal Medicine records in North Carolina

  1. Karolen Bowman, M.D.North Wilkesboro, NC 286591821192022
  2. Patricia Chamberlin, M.D.Asheboro, NC 272031558422600
  3. Lenard Edralin, MDWilmington, NC 284031013116599
  4. Kimberly Farkas, M.D.Hickory, NC 286021639119944
  5. Samuel FortSalisbury, NC 281441841254166
  6. Cynthia GreerBoone, NC 286071447458757
  7. Michael Haahs, M.D.Mooresville, NC 281171841257516
  8. Holly Lee, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271061184722696
  9. Joseph Lightsey, M. D.Raleigh, NC 276991740496942
  10. James Maxwell, MDWade, NC 283951952347726
  11. Gregory Morter, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031124040852
  12. Ann Neulicht, PHDRaleigh, NC 276151235330317
  13. James Scovil, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101386648756
  14. Rushad Shroff, M.D.Lumberton, NC 283581982603775
  15. David Skowronek, MDRandleman, NC 273171477577328
  16. Melvin StephensLumberton, NC 283581356652879
  17. Sandra Swanson, M. D.Salisbury, NC 281441346204369
  18. Robert Woolley, MDAsheville, NC 288031285552984

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 173000000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 25 of 46 per resident

  1. Kentucky0.2
  2. West Virginia0.2
  3. Michigan0.2
  4. North Carolina0.2
  5. Vermont0.2
  6. Colorado0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 173000000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

33.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 37.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. North Carolina33.3%
  2. United States37.7%

Legal Medicine records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file6 of 18 · 33.3% here, 37.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 5.6% here, 19.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more14 · 77.8% here, 77.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 173000000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

18 NPPES records list legal medicine (173000000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Raleigh has 3 of them (17%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Michigan17
  2. Washington19
  3. Alabama14
  4. Arizona14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Virginia0.2
  2. Tennessee0.2
  3. Louisiana0.2
  4. Georgia0.1

The largest states

  1. California112
  2. New York112
  3. Florida76
  4. Pennsylvania34
  5. Illinois30

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.