Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Boone, NC
Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Boone, North Carolina, and NPI 1245469774, issued on Jul 6, 2009. Check the license (North Carolina 2015-02332, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kenneth E. Tenpenny
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 2015-02332 NC
53213 MN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 801 Bamboo RD, Boone, NC 28607
- Phone
- (828) 278-1951
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2009
- Record last updated
- Aug 4, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- ENROLLED MN
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kenneth E. Tenpenny in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2015-02332Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
13 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 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).
Kenneth E. Tenpenny among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 52% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2016 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Boone
They are 14 of the 978 NPPES records with a practice address in Boone, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Bell, M.D.Boone, NC 286071275659658
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- Harjot Dhingra, D.OBoone, NC 286071184927584
- Cynthia Downes, M.D.Boone, NC 286071336376649
- Robert Felix, MDBoone, NC 286071447244074
- Marye Hacker, M.D.Boone, NC 286071609914068
- Helene Harper, MDBoone, NC 286071982626214
- Kaitlyn Hinshaw, MDBoone, NC 286071144754508
Common questions
What is Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD's NPI number?
Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245469774, issued on Jul 6, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 801 Bamboo RD, Boone, NC, 28607. Phone: (828) 278-1951. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2015-02332, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kenneth E. Tenpenny, MD had 13 Medicare Part D claims; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kenneth E. Tenpenny, 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.