Barbara Salm, PA
Physician Assistant · Knoxville, TN
Barbara Salm, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1457390676, issued on Jun 5, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee PA264, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Barbara Salm
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA264 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1928 Alcoa Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37920
- Phone
- (865) 305-8779
- Enumerated
- Jun 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 18, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 305-9869
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Barbara Salm in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license PA264Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
728 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl104 claims
- Clonazepam102 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate78 claims
- Pramipexole Dihydrochloride75 claims
- Gabapentin61 claims
- Ropinirole Hcl52 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,606.62
67 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Barbara Salm among 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee
Barbara Salm, PA is one of 3,055 physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2012 · 30% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
399 physician assistant records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 399 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Barbara Salm, PA's NPI number?
Barbara Salm, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457390676, issued on Jun 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Barbara Salm, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1928 Alcoa Hwy, Knoxville, TN, 37920. Phone: (865) 305-8779. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Barbara Salm, PA's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number PA264, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Barbara Salm, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Barbara Salm, PA had 728 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Barbara Salm, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.7 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.