NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Nurse Practitioner NPI 1720452360 FNP
Verify on CMS → Joshua McWaters, FNP
Nurse Practitioner in Lebanon, Tennessee.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 89,808 in Nurse Practitioner, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
87
Medicare Part D claims · 69 beneficiaries · Nurse Practitioner avg: 1K
MIPS score
75/100
CMS neutral threshold · no category scores published
Industry payments
$21.22
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Joshua McWaters, FNP carries the neutral CMS MIPS final score of 75/100, assigned where no category was scored - and filed 87 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 75/100
- CMS neutral score · not measured
- 87
- Part D claims, 2024
- $21.22
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
- ≥0th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Joshua McWaters, FNP
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1720452360), first enumerated 11/19/2015.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 87 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
CMS assigned a neutral MIPS final score of 75/100 where no performance category was scored — not a measured quality rank.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$21.22 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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Compare McWaters with other Nurse Practitioner providers
Same primary specialty, same federal CMS NPPES roster.
All 13 Nurse Practitioner providers in Lebanon, TN →
Also enrolled in Tennessee
- Rochelle Aaser, APRN Knoxville, TN
- Hibo Abdi, APRN Nashville, TN
- Amed Abdullah, FNP-C Nashville, TN
- Dilmon Abdullah, NP Antioch, TN
- Tracie Abel, NP Germantown, TN
- Jennifer Abelson, NP Clarksville, TN
Other specialties in Lebanon: Family Nurse Practitioner (78) · Physical Therapist (62) · Pharmacist (56) · Physician Assistant (36)
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1720452360 · Nurse Practitioner
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-NEUTRAL · RX-TRACE · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1720452360
- ENUM-MID 2015
- TAX-MEGA 90K Nurse Practitioner
- MIPS-NEUTRAL 75/100
- RX-TRACE 87
- BOOK-LIGHT 2,376 in Tennessee
- PHOTO-ENUM Tanya Bredesen, APRN… · 2015
Joshua McWaters, FNP's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
87 ≥ 0th percentile 0% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
What does the federal data show about Joshua McWaters, FNP?
CMS neutral score, not measuredPrimary specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Medicare Part D claims
87 92% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
75/100
Specialty distribution in Tennessee
How Nurse Practitioner compares to other specialties among Tennessee providers
MIPS score not measured
CMS assigned a neutral 75/100 threshold
CMS did not publish any Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, or Improvement Activities category score for this clinician. This administrative threshold is not comparable with the national average of clinicians whose MIPS score was measured.
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1720452360 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Nurse Practitioner |
| Credentials | FNP |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 11/19/2015 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
75
Final Score
CMS neutral threshold · not measured
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Joshua McWaters, FNP bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance PA
Lebanon, TN
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Joshua McWaters, FNP. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$21
Largest payer
Boston Scientific Corporation
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
87
Total Claims
$445
Total Drug Cost
69
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 87
- Total Day Supply
- 839
- Brand Drug Cost
- $0
- Generic Drug Cost
- $445
- Opioid Claims
- 17 (19.5% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.7 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.99
- Gender Split
- 70% female / 30% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 31 |
| Meloxicam | 12 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Nurse Practitioner Overview
How Joshua McWaters, FNP fits within the Nurse Practitioner landscape nationally.
89,808
Nurse Practitioner Providers in US
56
States with Nurse Practitioner
1,144
Avg Claims per Provider
Joshua McWaters, FNP's 87 claims are below the specialty average of 1,144.
Nationwide Nurse Practitioner peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for McWaters, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (75 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2015)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Nurse Practitioner Providers in Tennessee
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Tennessee, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as McWaters.
One of 2,376 Nurse Practitioner providers enrolled in Tennessee, 11 are shown on this page.
Katrina Aberdeen
APRN-BC
Knoxville, TN
Kristina Abolins
NP
Murfreesboro, TN
Lovely Abraham
APN,BC,GNP
Nashville, TN
Amanda Abrams
NP
Nashville, TN
Aprille Abston-Turns
F.N.P.
Germantown, TN
Compare Nurse Practitioner nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Joshua McWaters, FNP's specialty? ▼
Joshua McWaters, FNP specializes in Nurse Practitioner and practices in Lebanon, Tennessee. Credentials: FNP.
How much does Joshua McWaters, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Joshua McWaters, FNP wrote 87 Medicare Part D claims totaling $445 in drug costs for 69 beneficiaries.
What is Joshua McWaters, FNP's Medicare quality score? ▼
Joshua McWaters, FNP has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75/100. CMS published no Quality, Promoting Interoperability, Improvement Activity or Cost score for this clinician, so the final score is the neutral performance threshold CMS assigns rather than a measured result. The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Joshua McWaters, FNP located? ▼
Joshua McWaters, FNP is located at 1035 S HARTMANN DR, Lebanon, TN, 37090. Phone: (615) 321-0200.
What is Joshua McWaters, FNP's NPI number? ▼
Joshua McWaters, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720452360, issued on 11/19/2015.
Does Joshua McWaters, FNP prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Joshua McWaters, FNP had 17 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 19.5%.
How many Nurse Practitioner providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 89,808 Nurse Practitioner providers across 56 states in the US. The average Nurse Practitioner provider writes 1,144 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Joshua McWaters, FNP prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Joshua McWaters, FNP's most frequently prescribed drugs include Methylprednisolone, Meloxicam. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Joshua McWaters, FNP accept Medicare? ▼
Joshua McWaters, FNP appears in CMS Medicare data with 87 Part D claims and 69 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Joshua McWaters, FNP's credentials? ▼
Joshua McWaters, FNP's NPI is 1720452360 with credentials FNP. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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