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Vance La Baron Smith, M.D.

NPI 1942414511ActiveIndividual· Surgery· San Francisco, CA

Surgery (M.D.) in San Francisco, California, trained at Medical College of Ohio (class of 2003). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $27,697 for 60 patients in 2024, with only 14 Part D claims. Medtronic, Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $443.05 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1942414511
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedMay 10, 2007
Last updated in NPPESOct 25, 2013

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000XA111926CA
Surgery208600000X57-007911OH

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (NY)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients60
Services billed116 across 33 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$27,697

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)14 · 14 30-day fills
Patients12
Total drug cost$28.38
Generic share93% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolMedical College of Ohio
Graduation year2003
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$443.05 · 6 payments from 2 companies
  • 2024$1,763 · 13 payments from 3 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Medtronic, Inc.$349.293
Octapharma USA, Inc.$93.763

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$443.05 · 6 payments

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

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