Ernest Terrill Smith, PA-C

Ernest Smith practices at Bethany Medical Center in Kernersville, North Carolina.

Ernest Smith's NPI, 1356519706, was assigned on February 19, 2008.

Ernest Smith's primary practice is Bethany Medical Center, at 495 Arbor Hill Rd, Kernersville, NC 27284 in Forsyth County. The practice phone is (336) 883-0029.

Ernest Smith's primary practice is Bethany Medical Center in Kernersville, North Carolina. The medical group on file is Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Pediatrics - Greensboro. Dmand AI also links Ernest Smith to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Ernest Smith practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Physician assistant is Ernest Smith's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 363A00000X. Ernest Smith has a license on file in North Carolina.

CMS counts 58 Medicare patients who saw Ernest Smith in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 31 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have anxiety. 57% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.89, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Ernest Smith's median patient age at 58, with 68% women.

In 2024, Ernest Smith wrote 3,910 Medicare Part D claims for 333 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Ernest Smith for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Ernest Smith accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 100 general payments to Ernest Smith from 19 drug and device companies in 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $387.