Meghan Samantha Buckley Hughes, MD, MPH

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207X00000X

License

123456 Issued in NC

Practice address

75B Livingston St
Asheville, NC 28801-4353

Phone

(828) 258-8800

NPI assigned

Mar 26, 2019

Last updated

Aug 1, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 4

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MD, NC2 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

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Emergeortho PAGroup PAC ID 0749188894, 726 clinicians

Proactive Therapy of North Carolina IncGroup PAC ID 6305753120, shared by 5 NPIs, 540 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Hospital, Asheville, NC, CCN 340002
• Adventhealth Hendersonville Hospital, Hendersonville, NC, CCN 340023

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

79.13 of 100Reported as group

Quality

56.5

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

73.94

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: meghan.hughes.1@847.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.

• Emergeortho PA

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Durham, NC
  • NPI 1376592964
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• St. Paul Place Specialists, Inc.

  • Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1871549196

  Orthopaedic Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Emergeortho PA

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Eden, NC
  • NPI 1841170222
  NPD
• St Paul Place Specialists Inc

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1497707681
  NPD
• St Paul Place Specialists, Inc.

  • Rheumatology Physician
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1497796775
  NPD
• University of Maryland Surgical Associates, PA

  • Specialist
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1962417634
  NPD (past)

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

• Fletcher Hospital Inc.

  dba AdventHealth Hendersonville

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1427075027
  Care Compare affiliation
• Fletcher Hospital Inc.

  dba AdventHealth

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1477995124

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital, LLLP

  dba Mission Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1962987677
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• William M Huffstutter, M.D
• Barbara Hughes, CRNA
• Brandon Hughes
• Charles Jackson Hughes, LPC
• Katherine Evans Hughes, LCSW
• Nikki Lynn Hughes, LCMHC, LCAS
• Janeen Jesse Hulbert, D.C.
• Benjamin Mark Hulkower, M.D.
• Stephen David Hulkower, MD
• Matthew C Hull, MD

• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Asheville, NC
• Providers in Asheville, 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 Aug 1, 2025; 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.