Lorraine Charles, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Lorraine Charles, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1275944985, issued on May 15, 2014. Check the license (Tennessee 55448, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lorraine Charles
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 55448 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 300 20TH Ave N FL 789, Nashville, TN 37203
- Phone
- (615) 284-7261
- Enumerated
- May 15, 2014
- Record last updated
- Aug 13, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (615) 284-7501
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171011003579); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, 2014
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 300 20TH Ave N FL 789
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Lorraine Charles in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 55448Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,868 Medicare Part D claims for 487 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 109 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate495 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium372 claims
- Losartan Potassium277 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium242 claims
- Omeprazole198 claims
- Simvastatin190 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $214.80
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Hologic Sales and Service, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Saint Thomas Medical PartnersNashville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lorraine Charles among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee
Lorraine Charles, MD is one of 2,674 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 2014, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 75% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2004 among the 1,685 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Family Medicine Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Lorraine Charles, MD's NPI number?
Lorraine Charles, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275944985, issued on May 15, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lorraine Charles, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 20TH Ave N FL 789, Nashville, TN, 37203. Phone: (615) 284-7261. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lorraine Charles, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 55448, 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 Lorraine Charles, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lorraine Charles, MD had 7,868 Medicare Part D claims for 487 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.