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David Holmes Chafey III, M.D.

NPI 1326272584ActiveIndividual· Orthopaedic Surgery· Albuquerque, NM

Orthopaedic Surgery (M.D.) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, trained at Ponce School of Medicine (class of 2005). Medicare paid $33,656 for services to 113 patients in 2024. Smith+nephew, Inc. was the largest of 9 companies reporting payments in 2025, $22,824 in all, mostly consulting fees.

Overview

NPI1326272584
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMay 3, 2009
Last updated in NPPESJan 24, 2025
Certified by providerJan 24, 2025

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Orthopaedic Surgery Primary207X00000X2012-0566NM
Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma207XX0801X2012-0566NM

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Orthopedic Surgery (NM)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients113
Services billed169 across 42 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$33,656

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolPonce School of Medicine
Graduation year2005
Medicare specialtyOrthopedic Surgery
Secondary specialtiesHematology/Oncology

Medical group

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$22,824 · 36 payments from 9 companies
  • 2024$17,935 · 37 payments from 7 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Smith+nephew, Inc.$16,25019
Synthes Gmbh$5,6128
Globus Medical, Inc.$315.502
Amgen Inc.$243.702
Onkos Surgical, Inc.$117.381

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Consulting Fee$14,175 · 1 payment
  • Travel and Lodging$3,653 · 7 payments
  • Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$3,000 · 2 payments
  • Food and Beverage$1,996 · 26 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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