Michael Nelson, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Michael Nelson, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1851396303, issued on Jun 20, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 45230, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Nelson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 45230 TN
4301074754 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 905 Main St, Nashville, TN 37206
- Phone
- (615) 227-3000
- Enumerated
- Jun 20, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 4, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 4846422 MI
1514800 TN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090928000658); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Nelson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 45230Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
76% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
769 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium74 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate57 claims
- Metformin Hcl41 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa29 claims
- Lisinopril29 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium24 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: $96.07
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Sanitas Medical Center OF Tennessee PCNashville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Nelson among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Michael Nelson, M.D. is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
613 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 613 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Michael Nelson, M.D.'s NPI number?
Michael Nelson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851396303, issued on Jun 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Nelson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 905 Main St, Nashville, TN, 37206. Phone: (615) 227-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Nelson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 45230, 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 Michael Nelson, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Nelson, M.D. had 769 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.