Edward Brantley Burns, MD
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician · Knoxville, TN
Edward Brantley Burns, MD is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1174508808, issued on Dec 15, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 19574, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edward Brantley Burns
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician 207XS0106X
- License number
- 19574 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1819 W Clinch Ave Ste 100, Knoxville, TN 37916
- Phone
- (865) 524-5365
- Enumerated
- Dec 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 17, 2023
- Fax
- (865) 673-8007
- Medicaid ID
- Q006040 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041020000328); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest orthopaedic hand surgery physician records → All 60 in Tennessee → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 1819 W Clinch Ave Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michael Casey, MDSports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1134109804
- Cassandra Laskowski, APN, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1881091262
- Hannah Ownby, PA-CPhysician Assistant1861900870
- John Reynolds, MDSports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1831205160
- Ashley Self, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1487990859
Verify Edward Brantley Burns in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 19574Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic hand surgery physician in 2024
243 Medicare Part D claims for 174 beneficiaries, against an average of 186 among the 2,203 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 182 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen135 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen33 claims
- Prednisone18 claims
- Tramadol Hcl13 claims
- Meloxicam12 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: $548.80
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 1,819 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,529.86 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
- Legacy Healthcare Services IncKnoxville, TN
- Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance PAKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edward Brantley Burns among 60 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records in Tennessee
Edward Brantley Burns, MD is one of 60 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 75% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2009 among the 51 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 28% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XS0106X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 60 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records in Tennessee.
All 60 in Tennessee → Every provider in Knoxville → Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Harrison, MDKnoxville, TN 379161356326011
- Kent Rinehart, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379161083064794
- Andrew Harris, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379201134566466
- Joshua Moss, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379201265655385
- Richard Smith, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379201710954789
- Douglas Calhoun, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379221770552937
- David Cooper, MDKnoxville, TN 379221215490784
- Kristen Ploetze, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379221245644228
Common questions
What is Edward Brantley Burns, MD's NPI number?
Edward Brantley Burns, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174508808, issued on Dec 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edward Brantley Burns, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1819 W Clinch Ave Ste 100, Knoxville, TN, 37916. Phone: (865) 524-5365. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edward Brantley Burns, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 19574, 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 Edward Brantley Burns, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edward Brantley Burns, MD had 243 Medicare Part D claims for 174 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic hand surgery physician prescribers was 186. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Edward Brantley Burns, MD'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.