Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Knoxville, TN
Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1689993016, issued on May 25, 2010. Check the license (Tennessee MD50118, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brian Jeffery Wheeler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- MD50118 TN
50118 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1900 N Winston RD, Knoxville, TN 37919
- Phone
- (865) 909-0090
- Enumerated
- May 25, 2010
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 1532293 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130830000576); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 2010
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brian Jeffery Wheeler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD50118Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
325 Medicare Part D claims for 127 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 22 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium16 claims
- Prednisone14 claims
- Clopidogrel13 claims
- Gabapentin11 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: $310.06
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- University Health System, Inc.Knoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brian Jeffery Wheeler among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician 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 2010, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 68% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
237 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 237 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD's NPI number?
Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689993016, issued on May 25, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1900 N Winston RD, Knoxville, TN, 37919. Phone: (865) 909-0090. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number MD50118, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD had 325 Medicare Part D claims for 127 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brian Jeffery Wheeler, MD'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.