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Dr. Claude B. Smith, MD

Psychiatry (Psychiatry Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
38
In the NPI registry since
2006
Medicare patients seen, 2024
236

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. NPIs were first issued in May 2005 and became required on claims in 2007–2008, so an early date usually means the clinician was already in practice before then. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 1988Medical school: Tulane University School of Medicine
  • 2006Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date) — NPIs began in 2005, so practice likely started earlier

Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Psychiatry Physician primary
    MD license D0044993

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Psychiatry per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
236
Services billed
1,226
Patients’ average age
64
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes1,016156
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes21645
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes14848
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services7471
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes1212

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 12 companies reported 19 payments worth $4,190 in total to this clinician.

By type
Debt forgiveness$3,602
Food and Beverage$588

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Dec 31, 2025Neuronetics, Inc.
Dec 31, 2025
Debt forgiveness
NEUROSTAR TMS THERAPY SYSTEM
$3,602

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in Maryland →

Other Psychiatry clinicians in Baltimore

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated May 28, 2009), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1619929676. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.