Dr. William James Smith, MD

  • Saranac Lake, NY
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1952309411PAC ID0840260808
Medicare services, 2024
1,698
Medicare patients, 2024
488
Part D claims, 2024
230
Hospital affiliations
5
Industry payments
$41,947
Practice address
2233 State Route 86, PO Box 471, Saranac Lake, NY 12983
Practice phone
Call (518) 891-4141
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Primary practice

Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake

Hospital · Saranac Lake, New York

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Dr. William James Smith is an orthopedic surgeon in Saranac Lake, New York

Dr. Smith practices at Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake in Saranac Lake, New York, part of Adirondack Medical Center.

Dr. Smith's NPI, 1952309411, was assigned on July 8, 2005. Dr. Smith graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1989. Dr. Smith holds New York license 183901.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0840260808
NPI enumeration date
July 8, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(518) 891-4141
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. William James Smith practices at Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake in Saranac Lake, New York

Dr. Smith's primary practice is Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake, at 2233 State Route 86, PO Box 471, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 in Franklin County. The practice phone is (518) 891-4141.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. William James Smith is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 5 medical groups

Dr. Smith's primary practice is Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake in Saranac Lake, New York, part of Adirondack Medical Center. Dr. Smith is also affiliated with Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital. The medical group on file is Lake Placid Sports Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Smith to 3 more hospitals, 4 medical groups, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. William James Smith's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Smith practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac LakeAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 4 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. William James Smith is one of 1,151 orthopedic surgeons in New York

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Smith's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Smith is licensed in New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, New YorkPrimaryLicense 183901 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Smith

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Dr. William James Smith billed Medicare for 1,698 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,698 Medicare services from Dr. Smith across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 488 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $125,614 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,698
Medicare patients488
Paid by Medicare$125,614
Procedure codes15

Dr. Smith's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8302024: 7727%
Surgery
2023: 3532024: 354No change
Imaging
2023: 3202024: 3113%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1,0202024: 26174%

Where Dr. Smith's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office56733%
  • In a facility1,13167%

Dr. Smith compared with the New York median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Smith
  • New York median
Medicare services
1,698vs 7262.3 times
Medicare patients
488vs 2362.1 times
Part D claims
215vs 732.9 times

Medians across 1,081 orthopedic surgeons in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Smith's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. William James Smith treated 488 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 488 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Smith in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 269 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.80, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Smith's median patient age at 69, with 47% women.

Medicare patients, 2024488
Average age73
Average risk score0.80
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Smith's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Smith's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women23548%
  • Men25352%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Smith's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure73%
  4. Diabetes30%
  5. Ischemic heart disease23%
  6. Anxiety20%
  7. Mood disorders17%
  8. Depression16%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Smith's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women47%
  • Men53%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. William James Smith wrote 230 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Smith wrote 230 Medicare Part D claims for 98 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 215 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,506 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 164 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024230
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$1,506
Part D patients98

Dr. Smith's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Smith's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids15%34 of 230 claims
  • Antibiotics68%157 of 230 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1642024: 21531%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 6 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. William James Smith ranks in the 74th percentile for knee replacement in Medicare

Dr. Smith accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 42 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Smith, more than 74% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Smith ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Knee replacement
74th percentile42 procedures
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
71st percentile27 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. William James Smith received $41,947 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 76 general payments to Dr. Smith from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 53% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $33,797.

General payments to Dr. Smith by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Smith by kind, 2016 to 2024

$41.9Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$22,18553%
  • Education$9,64123%
  • Travel and lodging$6,10815%
  • Food and beverage$4,01310%

Companies that paid Dr. Smith the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. William James Smith graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University

Dr. Smith graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1989.

  1. Medical schoolSUNY Upstate Medical University

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. William James Smith's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. William James Smith's NPI number?

Dr. William James Smith's NPI number is 1952309411. It was assigned on July 8, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. William James Smith?

Dr. William James Smith is an orthopedic surgeon in Saranac Lake, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. William James Smith practice?

Dr. Smith practices at 2233 State Route 86, PO Box 471, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Dr. Smith's primary practice is Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake in Saranac Lake, New York, part of Adirondack Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Smith to 3 hospitals, 4 medical groups, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. William James Smith's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Smith is (518) 891-4141.

What is Dr. William James Smith's medical license number?

Dr. Smith holds New York license 183901.

Which hospitals is Dr. William James Smith affiliated with?

Dr. Smith practices at Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake in Saranac Lake, New York. Dr. Smith is also affiliated with Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Smith to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. William James Smith part of?

Dr. Smith is linked to Lake Placid Sports Medicine. Dmand AI links Dr. Smith to 4 more medical groups.

Does Dr. William James Smith accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Smith billed Medicare for 1,698 services in 2024, and Dr. Smith accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. William James Smith see?

CMS counts 488 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Smith in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. William James Smith bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Smith's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), surgery: bones and joints (20610) and office visit, established patient (99212).

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Where did Dr. William James Smith go to medical school?

Dr. Smith graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1989.

What drugs does Dr. William James Smith prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Smith's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amoxicillin, Cefdinir and Celecoxib.

Has Dr. William James Smith received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $41,947 in general payments to Dr. Smith from 6 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. William James Smith been practicing?

Dr. Smith graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

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