Ian Charles Backstrom, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Ian Charles Backstrom, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1730443508, issued on Jun 27, 2012. Check the license (Tennessee 71282, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ian Charles Backstrom
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 71282 TN
ME122968 FL
TRN17723 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 322-5000
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2012
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Medicaid IDs
- Q034257 TN
014964700 FL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240709001731); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ian Charles Backstrom in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 71282Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
246 Medicare Part D claims for 134 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Hyclate20 claims
- Ondansetron Odt18 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl17 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
- Cephalexin15 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass14 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Vanderbilt Integrated Providers LLCShelbyville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ian Charles Backstrom among 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee
Ian Charles Backstrom, MD is one of 1,174 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 64% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2012 among the 667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
294 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 294 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Ian Charles Backstrom, MD's NPI number?
Ian Charles Backstrom, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730443508, issued on Jun 27, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ian Charles Backstrom, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 322-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ian Charles Backstrom, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 71282, 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 Ian Charles Backstrom, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ian Charles Backstrom, MD had 246 Medicare Part D claims for 134 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.