Walter Smith Morris III, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

9300545 Issued in NC

Practice address

180 Magnolia Square CT
Aberdeen, NC 28315-2225

Phone

(910) 695-9000

Fax

(910) 695-9015

NPI assigned

Jun 15, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 7

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1992

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Firsthealth Hospice Hospice, West End, NC, CCN 341534
• Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital Hospital, Pinehurst, NC, CCN 340115

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

82.32 of 100Reported as individual

Quality

62.81

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

78.24

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: walter.morris.1@13058.direct.athenahealth.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Walter S Morris III MD PLLC

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • Southern Pines, NC
  • NPI 1174998041
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Pinehurst Medical Clinic, Inc.

  dba PMC Reference Lab

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Southern Pines, NC
  • NPI 1962509372
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc

  dba Firsthealth Bariatric Center

  • Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Pinehurst, NC
  • NPI 1740463967

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc

  dba Firsthealth Regional EMS System

  • Land Ambulance
  • Pinehurst, NC
  • NPI 1871610378

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc.

  dba FirstHealth Cancer Center

  • Oncology Clinic/Center
  • Pinehurst, NC
  • NPI 1417010422

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc.

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • West End, NC
  • NPI 1447278791
  Care Compare affiliation
• Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc.

  dba FH Moore Regional Hospital (Acute)

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Pinehurst, NC
  • NPI 1740208081

  Hospice

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Monarch
• Monarch
• Monarch
• Joleen Comer Moore, FNP
• Melissa Cloninger Moore, PHARMD
• Benford Evans Morse Jr., PHARMD
• Sydrena Murchison, LCSW-A
• Madison Murphey
• Madison Murray
• Susan Myers, M.D.

• Internal Medicine Physician in Aberdeen, NC
• Providers in Aberdeen, NC by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 10, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.