Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Valerie Gay Sams, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1861657223

Valerie Gay Sams, MD practises General Surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with University of Cincinnati Physicians Company LLC, a 1,476-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Kentucky and Ohio.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
KY, OH
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

234 Goodman St
Cincinnati, OH 45219-2364
Phone: (513) 558-5661
Fax: (513) 475-7348
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Specialties & licences

Trauma Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 2086S0127X · Licence 35PENDING (OH)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 44883 (KY)

Record details

NPI number1861657223
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJuly 25, 2008
Last updated in NPPESMay 4, 2022
Certification dateMay 4, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice University Of Cincinnati Physicians Company Llc — 1476 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Removal of tissue 15 times · 66th percentile
Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 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 patients109
Services billed 252 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at University of Cincinnati Physicians Company LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1476 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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