Kara Vinyard
Nurse Practitioner · Union City, TN
Kara Vinyard is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Union City, Tennessee, and NPI 1255846689, issued on Dec 7, 2017. Check the license with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Vinyard
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- Practice location
- 1705 W Reelfoot Ave, Union City, TN 38261
- Phone
- (731) 599-1102
- Enumerated
- Dec 7, 2017
- Record last updated
- Dec 7, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180724004203); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1705 W Reelfoot Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Terry Howell, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1538751854
- Sere Merriman, PAPhysician Assistant1245930437
- Adrienne OffuttFamily Nurse Practitioner1427541309
- Kristina Pollock, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1235591959
- Jamie Pursell, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1225981053
- Kimberly Russom, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1508506536
Verify Kara Vinyard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
843 Medicare Part D claims for 174 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril32 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate30 claims
- Losartan Potassium27 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa26 claims
- Gabapentin25 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium25 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: $16.77
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Dyersburg Family Walk-IN ClinicDyersburg, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
10 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Union City
They are 10 of the 246 NPPES records with a practice address in Union City, and 2,303 nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
All 10 in Union City → All 2,303 in Tennessee → Every provider in Union City →
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- Mary Adams, NPJackson, TN1346288503
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Common questions
What is Kara Vinyard's NPI number?
Kara Vinyard's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255846689, issued on Dec 7, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Vinyard located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1705 W Reelfoot Ave, Union City, TN, 38261. Phone: (731) 599-1102. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Vinyard's license?
Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Vinyard prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Vinyard had 843 Medicare Part D claims for 174 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.