Karen Lynn Foster, APRN
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Maryville, TN
Karen Lynn Foster, APRN is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Maryville, Tennessee, and NPI 1285195636, issued on Mar 28, 2019. Check the license (Tennessee 25749, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Lynn Foster
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License numbers
- 25749 TN
3013299 KY
APRN0000025749 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2036 Chilhowee Medical Park, Maryville, TN 37804
- Phone
- (865) 268-4306
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2025
- Fax
- (865) 329-6507
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200111000016); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2036 Chilhowee Medical Park
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Melissa HornPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1871273011
Verify Karen Lynn Foster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 25749Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
33 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $51.46
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 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 2 group practices
- East Tennessee Addiction SpecialistsMaryville, TN
- Southland Health Services LLCMaryville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Lynn Foster among 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Karen Lynn Foster, APRN is one of 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 74% 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 42% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 42% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2020 among the 929 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
20 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Maryville
They are 20 of the 1,317 NPPES records with a practice address in Maryville, and 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
All 1,611 in Tennessee → Every provider in Maryville → Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Caroline Arceri, PMHNPMaryville, TN 378041598281040
- Teresa Arnold, APRNMaryville, TN 378041669105169
- Katherine Bentley-Knowles, APRNMaryville, TN 378041285832725
- Jamie Bosnjak, APRNMaryville, TN 378041538942446
- Amber Daniels, PMHNP-BCMaryville, TN 378041952156887
- Kristin Hill, R.N.Maryville, TN 378041235444290
- Melissa HornMaryville, TN 378041871273011
- Leah Macaulay, APRN-PMHNPMaryville, TN 378041184499733
Common questions
What is Karen Lynn Foster, APRN's NPI number?
Karen Lynn Foster, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285195636, issued on Mar 28, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Lynn Foster, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2036 Chilhowee Medical Park, Maryville, TN, 37804. Phone: (865) 268-4306. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Lynn Foster, APRN's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 25749, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Karen Lynn Foster, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Lynn Foster, APRN had 33 Medicare Part D claims; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karen Lynn Foster, APRN's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.