NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Heather Dawn Payne, NP

Gerontology Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN

Heather Dawn Payne, NP is a gerontology nurse practitioner with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1871132670, issued on Dec 27, 2019. Check the license (Tennessee 26931, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1871132670
Name
Heather Dawn Payne
Credential
NP
Primary taxonomy
Gerontology Nurse Practitioner 363LG0600X
License number
26931 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1718 Patterson St, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone
(615) 379-3553
Enumerated
Dec 27, 2019
Record last updated
May 6, 2026
Fax
(615) 346-8479
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200602001353); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1718 Patterson St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Mary Ambuehl, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1669935151
  2. Brooke Bayuga, MSN, APRN, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1902799059
  3. Jessica Bloom, PAPhysician Assistant1073963328
  4. Darrell Boyd, CMSWClinical Social Worker1144233628
  5. Ellen Brown, APRNNurse Practitioner1396832408
  6. Natalie Brown, APRN-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1225636871

Verify Heather Dawn Payne in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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50% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average gerontology nurse practitioner in 2024

684 Medicare Part D claims for 300 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,369 among the 6,165 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Heather Payne684
  2. Specialty average1,369

Most prescribed

  1. Potassium Chloride30 claims
  2. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa28 claims
  3. Azithromycin24 claims
  4. Atorvastatin Calcium19 claims
  5. Furosemide19 claims
  6. Mupirocin19 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.

The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.9 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score72.7
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%95.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $36.75

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Revance Therapeutics, Inc. The 3,903 providers of this specialty with any payment received $742.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Heather Payne$36.75
  2. Specialty average$742.05

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

  1. Alive Hospice, IncNashville, TN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Heather Dawn Payne among 379 gerontology nurse practitioner records in Tennessee

Heather Dawn Payne, NP is one of 379 gerontology nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 44% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 44% of these records are older, 51% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2021 among the 288 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 15% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LG0600X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Gerontology Nurse Practitioner providers in Tennessee

There are 379 gerontology nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.

The 8 gerontology nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Briyanna EvansNashville, TN 372031982462990
  2. Courtney Everetts, NPNashville, TN 372031407573009
  3. Adeline Holzman, NURSE PRACTITIONERNashville, TN 372031235614645
  4. Shelby Kelley, AGACNPNashville, TN 372031912668336
  5. Julianne Lagasse, R.N., MSN, GNPNashville, TN 372031881664837
  6. Rachael Lomax, AGACNPNashville, TN 372031104550045
  7. Lauren MerchantNashville, TN 372031346664034
  8. Stefanie Porter, AGPCNP-BCNashville, TN 372031932599271

Common questions

What is Heather Dawn Payne, NP's NPI number?

Heather Dawn Payne, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871132670, issued on Dec 27, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Heather Dawn Payne, NP located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1718 Patterson St, Nashville, TN, 37203. Phone: (615) 379-3553. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Heather Dawn Payne, NP's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 26931, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Heather Dawn Payne, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Heather Dawn Payne, NP had 684 Medicare Part D claims for 300 beneficiaries; the average among gerontology nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,369. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Heather Dawn Payne, NP's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.9 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.