Kira Knight, PMHNP
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN
Kira Knight, PMHNP is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1578179388, issued on Sep 17, 2020. Check the license (Tennessee 29857, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kira Knight
- Credential
- PMHNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License numbers
- 29857 TN
904001 MS
61097477 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 322-3000
- Enumerated
- Sep 17, 2020
- Record last updated
- Mar 24, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210831001984); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kira Knight in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 29857Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
1,209 Medicare Part D claims for 165 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 1% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl168 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate143 claims
- Trazodone Hcl130 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate96 claims
- Mirtazapine92 claims
- Buspirone Hcl91 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
One hospital affiliation
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Kira Knight among 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Kira Knight, PMHNP 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 2020, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 47% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2020 among the 929 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
295 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 295 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Kira Knight, PMHNP's NPI number?
Kira Knight, PMHNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578179388, issued on Sep 17, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kira Knight, PMHNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 322-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kira Knight, PMHNP's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 29857, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kira Knight, PMHNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kira Knight, PMHNP had 1,209 Medicare Part D claims for 165 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kira Knight, PMHNP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.