Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TN
Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1013484872, issued on Oct 30, 2018. Check the license (Tennessee 25097, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Allen Foster
- Credential
- FNP-BC
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 25097 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3228 Fountain Park Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37917
- Phone
- (865) 771-2321
- Enumerated
- Oct 30, 2018
- Record last updated
- Oct 30, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190719001104); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Lincoln Memorial University Medical Department, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Allen Foster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 25097Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
156 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 22 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl19 claims
- Methocarbamol11 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): 95.7 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $833.08
41 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- University Health System, Inc.Knoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Allen Foster among 2,303 nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC is one of 2,303 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 59% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2017 among the 1,331 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
275 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 275 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 2,303 nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC's NPI number?
Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013484872, issued on Oct 30, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3228 Fountain Park Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37917. Phone: (865) 771-2321. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 25097, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC had 156 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa Allen Foster, FNP-BC's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.7 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.