Kara E. Hobbs, NP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Smyrna, TN
Kara E. Hobbs, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Smyrna, Tennessee, and NPI 1497157531, issued on Sep 19, 2014. Check the license (Tennessee 18977, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara E. Hobbs
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 18977 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 300 Stonecrest Blvd Ste 110, Smyrna, TN 37167
- Phone
- (615) 223-6606
- Enumerated
- Sep 19, 2014
- Record last updated
- Feb 28, 2024
- Fax
- (615) 223-6629
- Medicaid ID
- Q011470 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150206000968); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 300 Stonecrest Blvd Ste 110
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kara E. Hobbs in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 18977Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
323 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium64 claims
- Famotidine37 claims
- Omeprazole31 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl19 claims
- Linzess19 claims
- Colestipol Hcl18 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: $1,336.34
69 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Gastroenterology Specialists OF Middle Tennessee LLCSmyrna, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kara E. Hobbs among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Kara E. Hobbs, NP 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).
61 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Smyrna
They are 61 of the 1,069 NPPES records with a practice address in Smyrna, and 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Kara E. Hobbs, NP's NPI number?
Kara E. Hobbs, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497157531, issued on Sep 19, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara E. Hobbs, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 Stonecrest Blvd Ste 110, Smyrna, TN, 37167. Phone: (615) 223-6606. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara E. Hobbs, NP's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 18977, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara E. Hobbs, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara E. Hobbs, NP had 323 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.