Charles Boggess Cox, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Athens, TN
Charles Boggess Cox, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Athens, Tennessee, and NPI 1982684361, issued on Jan 20, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 18827, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles Boggess Cox
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 18827 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 503 W Madison Ave, Athens, TN 37303
- Phone
- (423) 745-2312
- Enumerated
- Jan 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 27, 2024
- Fax
- (423) 746-0687
- Medicaid IDs
- Q031940 TN
3033811 TN
3384691 TN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070605000529); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1983
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 503 W Madison Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Savannah Coe, APRN, FNP-C, AG-ACNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1689348203
- Lindsey Lamons, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1043102536
Verify Charles Boggess Cox in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 18827Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,621 Medicare Part D claims for 563 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 283 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole229 claims
- Prednisone229 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate228 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium221 claims
- Alprazolam201 claims
- Enalapril Maleate169 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): 87.9 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: $39.18
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Charles B Cox MdpcAthens, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles Boggess Cox among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee
Charles Boggess Cox, M.D. is one of 2,674 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 81% 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 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2004 among the 1,685 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Athens
They are 14 of the 445 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Charles Boggess Cox, M.D.'s NPI number?
Charles Boggess Cox, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982684361, issued on Jan 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles Boggess Cox, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 503 W Madison Ave, Athens, TN, 37303. Phone: (423) 745-2312. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles Boggess Cox, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 18827, 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 Charles Boggess Cox, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles Boggess Cox, M.D. had 7,621 Medicare Part D claims for 563 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Charles Boggess Cox, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.9 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.