Melody Camille Tharp, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Clinton, TN
Melody Camille Tharp, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Clinton, Tennessee, and NPI 1396743571, issued on Jul 12, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee MD38650, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melody Camille Tharp
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- MD38650 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 121 Frank Diggs Road, Clinton, TN 37716
- Phone
- (865) 457-8840
- Enumerated
- Jul 12, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 463-0756
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050623000893); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 121 Frank Diggs Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melody Camille Tharp in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD38650Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
8,425 Medicare Part D claims for 569 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. 170 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium370 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium296 claims
- Lisinopril249 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium225 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium209 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate207 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: $1,526.34
98 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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
- Summit Medical Group, PLLCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melody Camille Tharp among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee
Melody Camille Tharp, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 83% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2004 among the 1,685 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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).
20 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Clinton
They are 20 of the 277 NPPES records with a practice address in Clinton, and 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Melody Camille Tharp, MD's NPI number?
Melody Camille Tharp, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396743571, issued on Jul 12, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melody Camille Tharp, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 121 Frank Diggs Road, Clinton, TN, 37716. Phone: (865) 457-8840. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melody Camille Tharp, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number MD38650, 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 Melody Camille Tharp, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melody Camille Tharp, MD had 8,425 Medicare Part D claims for 569 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.