Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Nashville, TN
Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1326499161, issued on Jun 23, 2016. Check the license (Tennessee 65919, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- 65919 TN
52348 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 936-2000
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2016
- Record last updated
- Nov 14, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240305000428); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 65919Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
21 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 97.1 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: $945.02
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Duke Health Integrated Practice IncDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique among 359 pulmonary disease physician records in Tennessee
Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D. is one of 359 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 84% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2003 among the 288 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 38% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 359 pulmonary disease physician records in Tennessee.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Brian Christman, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321356456784
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- Joao Deandrade, MDNashville, TN 372321861435745
- David Erasmus, MDNashville, TN 372321346223724
- Emily Gilbert, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321932134269
- Lisa Lancaster, MDNashville, TN 372321144312562
- James Loyd, MDNashville, TN 372321356440796
- Fabien Maldonado, MDNashville, TN 372321437161221
Common questions
What is Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D.'s NPI number?
Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326499161, issued on Jun 23, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 936-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 65919, 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 Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D. had 21 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cristina Dalinda Salmon Echanique, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.1 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.