Lemuel B Kirby, MD

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

200400135 Issued in NC

Practice address

222 Asheland Ave
Asheville, NC 28801-4016

Phone

(828) 213-9090

Fax

(828) 213-9091

NPI assigned

Jul 13, 2006

Last updated

May 6, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Electronic endpoints 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC, GA2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

Vascular SurgeryAlso: General Surgery

Education

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1992

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Carolinas Physicians Network IncGroup PAC ID 3375449655, 2,324 clinicians

East Carolina UniversityGroup PAC ID 0244143246, 499 clinicians

Health Services of Central GeorgiaGroup PAC ID 9638076730, 300 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Ecu Health Medical Center Hospital, Greenville, NC, CCN 340040
• Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center Hospital, Macon, GA, CCN 110107
• Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Hospital, Asheville, NC, CCN 340002

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.39 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

77.7

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir-api.fhirprod.aws.greenwayhealth.com/fhir/R4/2.16.840.1.113883.3.140.71045
• Direct secure messaging: lemuelkirbymd@direct.msj.org
• Direct secure messaging: lkirby3029753@carolinashealthcaresystem.direct-ci.com
• Direct secure messaging: lkirby526117@direct.ecuhealth.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.

• East Carolina University

  dba ECU Physicians

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Greenville, NC
  • NPI 1972551919
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Health Services of Central Georgia, Inc

  dba Atrium Health Navicent Medical Group

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Macon, GA
  • NPI 1184679482

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba The Sanger Clinic

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1477878890
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Ara Health Specialists PA

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1164474094

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Sylva, NC
  • NPI 1609281641

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1457719130
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba The Sanger Clinic

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Shelby, NC
  • NPI 1023440898
  NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Diabetes Prevention

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1437038544
  NPD
• DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices LLC

  dba Harris Women's Care

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Sylva, NC
  • NPI 1003687187
  NPD
• DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices LLC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Clyde, NC
  • NPI 1932925062
  NPD
• East Carolina University

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Greenville, NC
  • NPI 1043260474

  Surgery

  NPD
• Mission Community Anesthesiology Specialists LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1518437722
  NPD

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

• MH Mission Hospital, LLLP

  dba Mission Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1962987677
  Care Compare affiliation
• Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

  dba ECU Health Beaufort Hospital-a campus of ECU Health Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Washington, NC
  • NPI 1780359687
  Care Compare affiliation
• Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc

  dba ECU Health Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Greenville, NC
  • NPI 1043218944
  Care Compare affiliation
• The Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

  dba Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Macon, GA
  • NPI 1043270564
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Krystal Kinnunen, L.A.C
• Cynthia Kinser, AGNP-C
• Samiyah Kinsey
• Philip S Kiratzis, MD
• Kevin Robert Kirby, MSW, LCSW
• Matthew Mark Kirby, C.P.O.
• Suzanne Oakley Kirby, PH.D.
• Glenda R Kirkland
• Linda Kirkman, LCAS, LPC
• Kelli Oliver Kirkpatrick, PHARMD

• Surgery Physician in Asheville, NC
• Providers in Asheville, NC by specialty
• Surgery Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 6, 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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