Edward Jeff Dinkins, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Edward Jeff Dinkins, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1235163528, issued on Jul 10, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 40522, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edward Jeff Dinkins
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 40522 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4230 Harding Pike Ste 900, Nashville, TN 37205
- Phone
- (615) 964-5824
- Enumerated
- Jul 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 4, 2022
- Fax
- (615) 301-7048
- Medicaid ID
- 3816019 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060926000262); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 2003
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4230 Harding Pike Ste 900
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Verify Edward Jeff Dinkins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 40522Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11,866 Medicare Part D claims for 812 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 217 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium722 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate660 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium464 claims
- Losartan Potassium456 claims
- Lisinopril382 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium374 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: $1,844.51
93 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PCGoodlettsville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edward Jeff Dinkins among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Edward Jeff Dinkins, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
613 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 613 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Edward Jeff Dinkins, MD's NPI number?
Edward Jeff Dinkins, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235163528, issued on Jul 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edward Jeff Dinkins, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4230 Harding Pike Ste 900, Nashville, TN, 37205. Phone: (615) 964-5824. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edward Jeff Dinkins, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 40522, 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 Jeff Dinkins, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edward Jeff Dinkins, MD had 11,866 Medicare Part D claims for 812 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.