Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD
Surgery Physician · Elizabethton, TN
Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and NPI 1255363347, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee MD40285, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Elizabeth Anne Defluiter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- MD40285 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1497 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN 37643
- Phone
- (423) 542-7440
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 16, 2024
- Fax
- (423) 542-7445
- Medicaid IDs
- 1255363347 VA
Q003381 TN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060913000537); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- East Tennessee State University Quillen College Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1497 W Elk Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Buddy Clayton, MDFamily Medicine Physician1477525699
- Justin Digby, M.D.Surgery Physician1760435937
- Kermit Dugger, FNP, PMHNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1043370687
- Tiffany Jenkins, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1083846984
- Megan JohnsonFamily Medicine Physician1457644254
- Celesta Kirk, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1912963026
Verify Elizabeth Anne Defluiter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD40285Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
32% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
194 Medicare Part D claims for 134 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf76 claims
- Ibuprofen41 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl19 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium12 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: $14.56
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Blue Ridge Medical Management CorporationElizabethton, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Elizabeth Anne Defluiter among 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee
Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD is one of 631 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2003 among the 404 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee.
All 631 in Tennessee → Every provider in Elizabethton → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Justin Digby, M.D.Elizabethton, TN 376431760435937
- Jeremy Meyer, M.D.Elizabethton, TN 376431679816730
- David Saunders, MDElizabethton, TN 376431750365433
- Sherwood Barefoot, M.D.Kingsport, TN 376601831131432
- Howard Brock, MDKingsport, TN 376601982635553
- Steven Holt, MDKingsport, TN 376601538163522
- Mark Kadowaki, MDKingsport, TN 376601013901784
- Kelly Oggero, M.D.Kingsport, TN 376601417990730
Common questions
What is Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD's NPI number?
Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255363347, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1497 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN, 37643. Phone: (423) 542-7440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number MD40285, 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 Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Elizabeth Anne Defluiter, MD had 194 Medicare Part D claims for 134 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.