William Goode Ward, MD

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207X00000X

License

MD447695 Issued in PA

Practice address

1771 Tate Blvd SE Ste 101
Hickory, NC 28602-4250

Phone

(828) 304-2527

Fax

(828) 256-1601

NPI assigned

Dec 2, 2005

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 9

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

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

Duke University School of Medicine, 1978

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

DLP Frye Medical Group LLCGroup PAC ID 8123397601, 125 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Frye Regional Medical Center Hospital, Hickory, NC, CCN 340116

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

HHS exclusion list flag

CMS’s directory marks this NPI as on an HHS exclusion list; no matching OIG record was found. The OIG exclusions file (LEIE) holds no record for this NPI, and the directory does not say which list the flag comes from. How exclusions are shown Confirm with the OIG exclusions search.

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: william.ward.1@15786.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, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• DLP Frye Medical Group LLC

  dba FryeCare Lincolnton Medical Group

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Lincolnton, NC
  • NPI 1154005965
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• DLP Frye Medical Group LLC

  dba FryeCare Orthopedics and Neurosurgery

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1780358176
  NPD
• DLP Frye Medical Group LLC

  dba FryeCare Cardiology Associates

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1093253205
  NPD (past)
• Novant Health Medical Group, LLC

  dba Novant Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1831500354
  NPD (past)
• Frederick Health Hospital Inc

  dba Frederick Health Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Frederick, MD
  • NPI 1538165527
  NPD (past)

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

• DLP Frye Regional Medical Center LLC

  dba Frye Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1801823349
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Stephanie Tweed Walters
• Donna Ward, LPN
• Lauren K Hipshear Ward, FNP-C
• Melinda K Ward, LCSWA
• Michael Ryan Ward, DC
• Foster Bradley Wardlaw III, PH.D, LRT/CTRS
• Daria Anna Wargo, BCBA
• Donna Swanson Warmuth, COF, CMF
• Brandon Keith Warren, PHARMD
• Molly Washburn

• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Hickory, NC
• Providers in Hickory, NC by specialty
• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 16, 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.

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