Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1942327648, issued on Mar 26, 2007. Check the license (Tennessee 44800, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kurt Arnold Smith
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 44800 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1313 21St Avenue S, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 936-0087
- Enumerated
- Mar 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Apr 25, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 1513513 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090617000065); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Harvard Medical School, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest emergency medicine physician records → All 1,174 in Tennessee → Look up another NPI →
Verify Kurt Arnold Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 44800Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
37 Medicare Part D claims for 26 beneficiaries, 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.
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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Vanderbilt Integrated Providers LLCShelbyville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kurt Arnold Smith among 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee
Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D. is one of 1,174 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2012 among the 667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 57% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
294 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 294 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942327648, issued on Mar 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1313 21St Avenue S, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 936-0087. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 44800, 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 Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D. had 37 Medicare Part D claims for 26 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kurt Arnold Smith, M.D.'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.