NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Carolyn Providence Upchurch

Medical Physician Assistant · Knoxville, TN

Carolyn Providence Upchurch is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1235877382, issued on May 26, 2022. Check the license (Tennessee PA6415, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1235877382
Name
Carolyn Providence Upchurch
Primary taxonomy
Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
License number
PA6415 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7210 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37931
Phone
(865) 647-5500
Enumerated
May 26, 2022
Record last updated
Jun 13, 2025
Fax
(865) 769-5194
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250703002622); 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 7210 Oak Ridge Hwy

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

  1. Rodrigo Bastidas, MDFamily Medicine Physician1255350666
  2. Corryne HillFamily Nurse Practitioner1275377269
  3. Kaneez Leonard, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1346451747
  4. Gregg Rader, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1083646590

Verify Carolyn Providence Upchurch in five checks

  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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21% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024

912 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 17 claims were for opioids.

  1. Carolyn Upchurch912
  2. Specialty average1,148

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone66 claims
  2. Fluticasone Propionate64 claims
  3. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa54 claims
  4. Doxycycline Hyclate41 claims
  5. Azithromycin35 claims
  6. Cephalexin35 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: $324.19

13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Carolyn Upchurch$324.19
  2. Specialty average$1,055.00

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

  1. Knoxville Hma Physician Management, LLCKnoxville, TN

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

Carolyn Providence Upchurch among 616 medical physician assistant records in Tennessee

Carolyn Providence Upchurch is one of 616 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 82% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 82% of these records are older, 14% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2015 among the 369 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Medical Physician Assistant providers in Tennessee

There are 616 medical physician assistant records in Tennessee.

The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Phillip Kirkland, P.A.Knoxville, TN 379311275720492
  2. Haylie Wilson, PAKnoxville, TN 379311407405020
  3. Jayden Elliott, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379321790598175
  4. Lauren Panetti-TaggartKnoxville, TN 379321083574248
  5. Marissa Turner, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379321225423783
  6. Madison Woodard, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379321932090685
  7. Amanda Ellis, PAKnoxville, TN 379341689388480
  8. Savannah France, PAKnoxville, TN 379341336851161

Common questions

What is Carolyn Providence Upchurch's NPI number?

Carolyn Providence Upchurch's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235877382, issued on May 26, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Carolyn Providence Upchurch located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7210 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville, TN, 37931. Phone: (865) 647-5500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Carolyn Providence Upchurch's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number PA6415, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Carolyn Providence Upchurch prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Carolyn Providence Upchurch had 912 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.