Megan Whitney Nelson, P.A.
Physician Assistant · Knoxville, TN
Megan Whitney Nelson, P.A. is a physician assistant with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1851702906, issued on May 12, 2014. Check the license (Tennessee 2507, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Megan Whitney Nelson
- Credential
- P.A.
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 2507 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11416 Grigsby Chapel RD Ste 104, Knoxville, TN 37934
- Phone
- (865) 218-2100
- Enumerated
- May 12, 2014
- Record last updated
- Dec 10, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- Q008798 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141223000771); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 11416 Grigsby Chapel RD Ste 104
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Ashley Campbell, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1568894814
- Karen Cooke Franqui, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1669974036
- Mary Crowder, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTPhysician Assistant1649619834
- Timothy Rocklein, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1538407846
Verify Megan Whitney Nelson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 2507Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
4,635 Medicare Part D claims for 416 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 2,455 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,010 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen889 claims
- Gabapentin641 claims
- Baclofen240 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl239 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl236 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: $74.06
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Interventional Pain ConsultantsOak Ridge, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
399 physician assistant records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 399 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee.
All 399 in Knoxville → All 3,055 in Tennessee → Every provider in Knoxville →
Other physician assistant records in Tennessee
- Katrina Aardema, PA-CGallatin, TN1679039010
- Anum Abbas, PAMemphis, TN1548048671
- Samir AbdeljawadNashville, TN1396674370
- Rojin Abdullah, PA-CNashville, TN1982292447
- Cecilia Abello, PA-CNashville, TN1760336101
- Jadie Abendroth, PA-CMemphis, TN1073815742
- Marina Abraham, PA-CNashville, TN1316696370
- Merielle AbreuThompsons Station, TN1467048876
- Amanda Absher, PA-CMaryville, TN1144430794
- Seth Achey, PABristol, TN1437213857
Common questions
What is Megan Whitney Nelson, P.A.'s NPI number?
Megan Whitney Nelson, P.A.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851702906, issued on May 12, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Megan Whitney Nelson, P.A. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11416 Grigsby Chapel RD Ste 104, Knoxville, TN, 37934. Phone: (865) 218-2100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Megan Whitney Nelson, P.A.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 2507, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Megan Whitney Nelson, P.A. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Megan Whitney Nelson, P.A. had 4,635 Medicare Part D claims for 416 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.