Kent C. Shih, M.D.
Hematology & Oncology Physician · Nashville, TN
Kent C. Shih, M.D. is a hematology & oncology physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1619075207, issued on Sep 20, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 31081, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kent C. Shih
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hematology & Oncology Physician 207RH0003X
- License number
- 31081 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4220 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205
- Phone
- (615) 385-3751
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 10, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (615) 269-7085
- Medicaid ID
- 3845350 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070118000143); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kent C. Shih in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 31081Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hematology & oncology physician in 2024
1,742 Medicare Part D claims for 304 beneficiaries, against an average of 877 among the 10,784 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 26% of claims. 98 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone99 claims
- Ondansetron Odt87 claims
- Anastrozole84 claims
- Prochlorperazine Maleate75 claims
- Revlimid72 claims
- Eliquis69 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: $123,678.55
161 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 8,560 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,481.41 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
- Tennessee Oncology PLLCNashville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kent C. Shih among 273 hematology & oncology physician records in Tennessee
Kent C. Shih, M.D. is one of 273 hematology & oncology physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 223 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RH0003X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hematology & Oncology Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 273 hematology & oncology physician records in Tennessee.
All 273 in Tennessee → Every provider in Nashville → Hematology & Oncology Physician nationwide →
The 8 hematology & oncology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jia Bi, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051174556492
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- Natalie Dickson, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051700839263
- Gregg Shepard, MDNashville, TN 372051023205531
- Jonathan Abbas, MDNashville, TN 372031316145253
- Edward Barnes, M.D.Nashville, TN 372071770538738
- Todd Bauer, MDNashville, TN 372031336296136
- Johanna Bendell, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031083703540
Common questions
What is Kent C. Shih, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kent C. Shih, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619075207, issued on Sep 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kent C. Shih, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4220 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN, 37205. Phone: (615) 385-3751. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kent C. Shih, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 31081, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kent C. Shih, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kent C. Shih, M.D. had 1,742 Medicare Part D claims for 304 beneficiaries; the average among hematology & oncology physician prescribers was 877. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kent C. Shih, M.D.'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.