Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman, MD

  • Olympia, WA
  • Neurosurgeon
NPI1417123779PAC ID0840363370
Medicare services, 2024
1,102
Medicare patients, 2024
399
Part D claims, 2024
226
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
3901 Capital Mall Dr Sw, Suite B, Olympia, WA 98502
Practice phone
Call (360) 528-8571
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Primary practice

Olympia Surgery Center (Capital Mall Dr SW)

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Olympia, Washington

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Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman is a neurosurgeon in Olympia, Washington

Dr. Smitherman practices at Olympia Surgery Center (Capital Mall Dr SW) in Olympia, Washington.

Dr. Smitherman's NPI, 1417123779, was assigned on May 6, 2008. Dr. Smitherman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Smitherman holds Washington license MD00049355.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0840363370
NPI enumeration date
May 6, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(360) 528-8571
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

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

Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman practices at Olympia Surgery Center (Capital Mall Dr SW) in Olympia, Washington

Dr. Smitherman's primary practice is Olympia Surgery Center (Capital Mall Dr SW), at 3901 Capital Mall Dr Sw, Suite B, Olympia, WA 98502. The practice phone is (360) 528-8571.

  • Olympia Surgery Center (Capital Mall Dr SW)
    3901 Capital Mall Dr Sw, Suite B, Olympia, WA 98502Phone(360) 528-8571

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Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Smitherman's primary practice is Olympia Surgery Center (Capital Mall Dr SW) in Olympia, Washington. Dr. Smitherman is also affiliated with Providence St. Peter Hospital. The medical group on file is Providence Medical Group - South Puget Sound (Olympia). Dmand AI also links Dr. Smitherman to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Smitherman's employer is on file too: a surgery center (asc).

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Smitherman practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Olympia Surgery Center (Capital Mall Dr SW)Available with a free account
+7 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman is one of 187 neurosurgeons in Washington

Neurological surgery is Dr. Smitherman's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Smitherman is licensed in Washington.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurological surgery, WashingtonPrimaryLicense MD00049355 · taxonomy 207T00000X

Neurosurgeons near Dr. Smitherman

Counts of neurosurgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

187neurosurgeons in Washington
5neurosurgeons in Olympia

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman billed Medicare for 1,102 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,102 Medicare services from Dr. Smitherman across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 399 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $134,439 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,102
Medicare patients399
Paid by Medicare$134,439
Procedure codes21

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2872024: 57099%
Imaging
2023: 502024: 410720%
Surgery
2023: 292024: 122321%

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

  • In an office95787%
  • In a facility14513%

Dr. Smitherman compared with the Washington median for neurosurgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Smitherman
  • Washington median
Medicare services
1,102vs 1547.2 times
Medicare patients
399vs 1323.0 times
Part D claims
191vs 277.1 times

Medians across 156 neurosurgeons in Washington with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Smitherman'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. Sheila M. Smitherman treated 399 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 399 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Smitherman in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 187 patients. 74% of them have arthritis, and 74% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.13, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Smitherman's median patient age at 71, with 59% women.

Medicare patients, 2024399
Average age74
Average risk score1.13
Also on Medicaid8%

Dr. Smitherman's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Smitherman's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women22957%
  • Men17043%

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

  1. Arthritis74%
  2. High cholesterol74%
  3. High blood pressure72%
  4. Mood disorders28%
  5. Depression27%
  6. Diabetes27%
  7. Anxiety25%
  8. Ischemic heart disease21%

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

Dr. Smitherman's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women59%
  • Men41%

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

Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman wrote 226 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Smitherman wrote 226 Medicare Part D claims for 91 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 191 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,066 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 2024226
Drugs named by CMS6
Total drug cost$1,066
Part D patients91

Dr. Smitherman's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic222 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims2%

Dr. Smitherman'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. Smitherman's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids47%107 of 226 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: 122024: 1911492%

Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 1 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. Sheila M. Smitherman ranks in the 86th percentile for laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) in Medicare

Dr. Smitherman accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Smitherman as offering telehealth. CMS counts 68 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Smitherman, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Smitherman ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Spinal fusion
83rd percentile144 procedures
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
86th percentile68 procedures

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

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Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Smitherman in 2012. Dr. Smitherman's most frequent co-author is Michael Elliot Kupferman, MD.

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Dr. Smitherman's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Smitherman

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Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman received $71 in industry payments from 2017 to 2023

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Smitherman from 2 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. paid the most, $48.

General payments to Dr. Smitherman by program year, 2017 to 2023

Companies that paid Dr. Smitherman the most, 2017 to 2023

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Smitherman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2002.

  1. Medical schoolBaylor College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman'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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
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. Sheila M. Smitherman's NPI number?

Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman's NPI number is 1417123779. It was assigned on May 6, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman?

Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman is a neurosurgeon in Olympia, Washington. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).

Where does Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman practice?

Dr. Smitherman practices at 3901 Capital Mall Dr Sw, Suite B, Olympia, WA 98502. Dr. Smitherman's primary practice is Olympia Surgery Center (Capital Mall Dr SW) in Olympia, Washington. Dmand AI also links Dr. Smitherman to 4 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Smitherman is (360) 528-8571.

What is Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman's medical license number?

Dr. Smitherman holds Washington license MD00049355.

Which hospitals is Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman affiliated with?

Dr. Smitherman is affiliated with Providence St. Peter Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Smitherman to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman part of?

Dr. Smitherman is linked to Providence Medical Group - South Puget Sound (Olympia). Dmand AI links Dr. Smitherman to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Smitherman billed Medicare for 1,102 services in 2024, and Dr. Smitherman accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Smitherman as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman see?

CMS counts 399 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Smitherman in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Smitherman's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman go to medical school?

Dr. Smitherman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2002.

What drugs does Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Smitherman's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Methocarbamol and Diazepam.

Has Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $71 in general payments to Dr. Smitherman from 2 companies from 2017 to 2023. The largest total came from DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.

How long has Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman been practicing?

Dr. Smitherman graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

Does Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Smitherman.

Who does Dr. Sheila M. Smitherman publish with?

Dr. Smitherman's most frequent co-authors are Michael Elliot Kupferman, MD (1 shared paper).

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