Kendale L. Ritchey, MD
Podiatrist · Knoxville, TN
Kendale L. Ritchey, MD is a podiatrist with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1043296593, issued on Dec 16, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee DPM487, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kendale L. Ritchey
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Podiatrist 213E00000X
- License number
- DPM487 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- PO Box 32569, Knoxville, TN 37930
- Phone
- (865) 694-0062
- Enumerated
- Dec 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 23, 2024
- Fax
- (865) 694-7907
- Medicaid ID
- 3352563 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050620000703); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- California School Of Podiatric Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Kendale L. Ritchey in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license DPM487Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14% more Medicare Part D claims than the average podiatrist in 2024
359 Medicare Part D claims for 145 beneficiaries, against an average of 314 among the 6,407 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Mupirocin73 claims
- Cefdinir68 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen20 claims
- Meloxicam18 claims
- Ondansetron Odt18 claims
- Cephalexin17 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.
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: $355.08
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 4,596 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,476.60 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
- Jsphymgmt PCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Podiatrist providers in Tennessee
There are 120 podiatrist records in Tennessee.
Other podiatrist records in Tennessee
- Timothy Abbott, DPMNashville, TN1912929787
- John Allen, DPMBristol, TN1831269463
- Aaron Allred, D.P.M.Smyrna, TN1689929515
- Lorena Alvarez, D.P.M.Bartlett, TN1578711131
- Andrew Alward, DPMChattanooga, TN1770004814
- David Anderson, DPMChattanooga, TN1780683136
- Thomas Ashbery, DPMMemphis, TN1952371445
- Larry BaggettMemphis, TN1437278397
- Richard Baker, DPMCleveland, TN1578547238
- Sam Bazrafshan, D.P.M.Chattanooga, TN1417314477
Common questions
What is Kendale L. Ritchey, MD's NPI number?
Kendale L. Ritchey, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043296593, issued on Dec 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kendale L. Ritchey, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at PO Box 32569, Knoxville, TN, 37930. Phone: (865) 694-0062. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kendale L. Ritchey, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number DPM487, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kendale L. Ritchey, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kendale L. Ritchey, MD had 359 Medicare Part D claims for 145 beneficiaries; the average among podiatrist prescribers was 314. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kendale L. Ritchey, MD'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.