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Mr. James S Melvin III, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1124188776

Mr. James S Melvin III, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 2005, 21 years ago. Practices with Washington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, PA, a 21-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Years since qualifying
21
Trained at
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Licensed in
NC, PA, VA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Partly verified

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District Orthopaedics Pc 5454 Wisconsin Avenue 1000
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6949
Phone: (301) 882-2000
Fax: (240) 858-4291
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 2010-00751 (NC)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 0101258973 (VA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence MT185923 (PA)

Record details

NPI number1124188776
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedDecember 12, 2006
Last updated in NPPESOctober 1, 2025
Certification dateOctober 1, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2005 (21 years in practice)
Group practice Washington Orthopaedics And Sports Medicine, P.A. — 21 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations5 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Hip replacement 136 times · 99th percentile
Knee replacement 92 times · 92nd percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients993
Services billed 6,122 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age77

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Travel and Lodging $981 4 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $225 4 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Washington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, PA

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 21 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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