NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Austin Watkins

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Lawrenceburg, TN

Austin Watkins is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and NPI 1255840492, issued on Sep 20, 2017. Check the license (Tennessee 27291, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1255840492
Name
Austin Watkins
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
License number
27291 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
129 N Locust Ave, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
Phone
(855) 560-4999
Enumerated
Sep 20, 2017
Record last updated
Dec 24, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220822000862); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 129 N Locust Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Jeannie Brooks, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1407963374
  2. Cindy Brown, APRNPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1427871565
  3. Jessica Burress, APRNPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1265115950
  4. April Caperton, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1568824647
  5. James ClaytonFamily Nurse Practitioner1346929536
  6. Trisha Darling, LCSWClinical Social Worker1700548369

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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30% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

1,175 Medicare Part D claims for 56 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.

  1. Austin Watkins1,175
  2. Specialty average906

Most prescribed

  1. Clonazepam95 claims
  2. Quetiapine Fumarate94 claims
  3. Trazodone Hcl74 claims
  4. Buspirone Hcl63 claims
  5. Clozapine61 claims
  6. Duloxetine Hcl51 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $167.48

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Austin Watkins$167.48
  2. Specialty average$1,027.77

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Fast Pace Medical Clinic PLLCCollinwood, TN
  2. Fast Pace Mississippi PLLCKosciusko, MS

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Austin Watkins among 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee

Austin Watkins is one of 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 34% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 34% of these records are older, 62% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2020 among the 929 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

16 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Lawrenceburg

They are 16 of the 375 NPPES records with a practice address in Lawrenceburg, and 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.

The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Josh Brindley, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BCLawrenceburg, TN 384641508499443
  2. Jeannie Brooks, PMHNP-BCLawrenceburg, TN 384641407963374
  3. Alyssia Burgess, PMHNP-BCLawrenceburg, TN 384641184269953
  4. Jessica Burress, APRNLawrenceburg, TN 384641265115950
  5. Angela Davenport, NPLawrenceburg, TN 384641225648009
  6. Nikita Duke, CRNPLawrenceburg, TN 384641629309018
  7. Erica Flake, FPMHNP-BCLawrenceburg, TN 384641134441587
  8. Heather Linton, FPMHNP- BC, RN, BSNLawrenceburg, TN 384641073288320

Common questions

What is Austin Watkins's NPI number?

Austin Watkins's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255840492, issued on Sep 20, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Austin Watkins located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 129 N Locust Ave, Lawrenceburg, TN, 38464. Phone: (855) 560-4999. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Austin Watkins's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 27291, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Austin Watkins prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Austin Watkins had 1,175 Medicare Part D claims for 56 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.