NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Melissa Marie McCarter, APN

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TN

Melissa Marie McCarter, APN is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1356305106, issued on Apr 17, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 12041, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1356305106
Name
Melissa Marie McCarter
Credential
APN
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
License numbers
12041 TN
1202654 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6906 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone
(865) 588-4044
Enumerated
Apr 17, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 12, 2026
Fax
(865) 588-6990
Medicaid IDs
1509844 TN
1501013 TN
Q004314 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070726000367); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
East Tennessee State University Quillen College Of Medicine, 2005
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 6906 Kingston Pike

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. William Braswell, MSSW, LMSWSocial Worker1801393251
  2. Sharon Burnside, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1043231319
  3. James Rivers, DMDOral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.)1861666349
  4. Diana Sarkar, MD DABMAGeneral Practice Physician1346322658
  5. Jeanne Zucker, L.C.S.WSocial Worker1144241316

Verify Melissa Marie McCarter in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

3,205 Medicare Part D claims for 139 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.

  1. Melissa McCarter3,205
  2. Specialty average906

Most prescribed

  1. Bupropion Xl298 claims
  2. Alprazolam261 claims
  3. Buspirone Hcl154 claims
  4. Fluoxetine Hcl152 claims
  5. Clonazepam139 claims
  6. Lamotrigine133 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: $2,313.20

118 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Melissa McCarter$2,313.20
  2. Specialty average$1,027.77

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

  1. Helen Ross Mcnabb CenterSevierville, TN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Melissa Marie McCarter among 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee

Melissa Marie McCarter, APN 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 2006, is newer than under 1% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · under 1% of these records are older, 92% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
  • Graduated2005 · median 2020 among the 929 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 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).

184 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Knoxville

They are 184 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.

The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Stephanie Carmichael, FNPKnoxville, TN 379191538463310
  2. Caitlin Greenwood, NPKnoxville, TN 379191710231964
  3. Kellye Hudson, DNP, PMHNP-BCKnoxville, TN 379191164583829
  4. Tamara Johnson, FNP, PMHNPKnoxville, TN 379191316248354
  5. Carolyn Mitchell, ARNPKnoxville, TN 379191982647251
  6. Diana Nelson, NURSE PRACTITIONERKnoxville, TN 379191871525022
  7. Katherine Palermo, APRNKnoxville, TN 379191871082537
  8. Jill Powell, PHD, APRN, B.C.Knoxville, TN 379191003925942

Common questions

What is Melissa Marie McCarter, APN's NPI number?

Melissa Marie McCarter, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356305106, issued on Apr 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melissa Marie McCarter, APN located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6906 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37919. Phone: (865) 588-4044. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melissa Marie McCarter, APN's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 12041, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Melissa Marie McCarter, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melissa Marie McCarter, APN had 3,205 Medicare Part D claims for 139 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.