Dena Charles, NP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TN
Dena Charles, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1124883848, issued on Feb 21, 2024. Check the license (Tennessee 35446, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dena Charles
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 35446 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9330 Park West Blvd Ste 302, Knoxville, TN 37923
- Phone
- (865) 373-7975
- Enumerated
- Feb 21, 2024
- Record last updated
- Oct 23, 2025
- Fax
- (865) 374-2145
- Medicaid ID
- Q091699 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240501002116); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 9330 Park West Blvd Ste 302
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Dena Charles in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 35446Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
46 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl12 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: $265.14
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Kerecis Limited. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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 2 group practices
- Covenant Medical Group IncKnoxville, TN
- 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).
Dena Charles among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Dena Charles, NP is one of 9,060 family nurse practitioner 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 2024, is newer than 89% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 89% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2017 among the 5,523 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
737 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 737 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Dena Charles, NP's NPI number?
Dena Charles, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124883848, issued on Feb 21, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dena Charles, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9330 Park West Blvd Ste 302, Knoxville, TN, 37923. Phone: (865) 373-7975. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dena Charles, NP's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 35446, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Dena Charles, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dena Charles, NP had 46 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.