Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Memphis, TN
Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1376557892, issued on Jul 28, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 17114, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Earl Lynn Phillips
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License numbers
- 17114 TN
20473 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6286 Briarcrest Ave, Memphis, TN 38120
- Phone
- (901) 259-1600
- Enumerated
- Jul 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Fax
- (901) 259-1698
- Medicaid IDs
- 03908796 MS
1516965 TN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100120000658); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Earl Lynn Phillips in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 17114Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
121 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 54 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen29 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen19 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate11 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $222.90
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was PolyNovo North America LLC. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Msk Group PCMemphis, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Earl Lynn Phillips among 467 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Tennessee
Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D. is one of 467 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% 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 23% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 23% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 2003 among the 306 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 467 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Tennessee.
All 467 in Tennessee → Every provider in Memphis → Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Bailey, MDMemphis, TN 381201245891068
- William FergusonMemphis, TN 381201992198378
- Randall Holcomb, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201346243482
- Jim Hudson, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201669490736
- John Lochemes, MDMemphis, TN 381201831184886
- Shawn Price, MDMemphis, TN 381201902023278
- Tyler Cannon, M.D.Memphis, TN 381191891967147
- Peter Lindy, MDMemphis, TN 381191558323501
Common questions
What is Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D.'s NPI number?
Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376557892, issued on Jul 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6286 Briarcrest Ave, Memphis, TN, 38120. Phone: (901) 259-1600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 17114, 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 Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D. had 121 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Earl Lynn Phillips, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.