Heath Tunnell, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TN
Heath Tunnell, FNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1588073480, issued on Aug 5, 2014. Check the license (Tennessee 18840, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Heath Tunnell
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 18840 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9325 S Northshore Dr, Knoxville, TN 37922
- Phone
- (865) 474-9322
- Enumerated
- Aug 5, 2014
- Record last updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141103001221); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Heath Tunnell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 18840Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
152 Medicare Part D claims for 29 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
- Diazepam14 claims
- Gabapentin14 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen14 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium12 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate12 claims
- Glipizide12 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Empowered Health Wound And Foot Care LLCPowell, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Heath Tunnell among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Heath Tunnell, FNP 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 2014, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 33% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2017 among the 5,523 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 Heath Tunnell, FNP's NPI number?
Heath Tunnell, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588073480, issued on Aug 5, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Heath Tunnell, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9325 S Northshore Dr, Knoxville, TN, 37922. Phone: (865) 474-9322. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Heath Tunnell, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 18840, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Heath Tunnell, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Heath Tunnell, FNP had 152 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Heath Tunnell, FNP'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.