Clayton Joseph Korson, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Clayton Joseph Korson, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1477136927, issued on May 3, 2021. Check the license (Tennessee 70495, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Clayton Joseph Korson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 70495 TN
MT222351 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 322-5000
- Enumerated
- May 3, 2021
- Record last updated
- Apr 24, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- Q092763 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240625000274); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Creighton University School Of Medicine, 2021
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Clayton Joseph Korson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 70495Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
42% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
131 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone24 claims
- Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate17 claims
- Naproxen11 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): 95.6 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).
2 hospitals and group practices
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
- Vanderbilt Integrated Providers LLCShelbyville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Clayton Joseph Korson among 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee
Clayton Joseph Korson, MD is one of 1,174 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 90% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 90% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2012 among the 667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
294 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 294 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Clayton Joseph Korson, MD's NPI number?
Clayton Joseph Korson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477136927, issued on May 3, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Clayton Joseph Korson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 322-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Clayton Joseph Korson, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 70495, 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 Clayton Joseph Korson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Clayton Joseph Korson, MD had 131 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Clayton Joseph Korson, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.6 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.