Patience O. Echem, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN
Patience O. Echem, FNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1770720674, issued on Jan 14, 2009. Check the license (Tennessee APN0000013857, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Patience O. Echem
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- APN0000013857 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 936-2000
- Enumerated
- Jan 14, 2009
- Record last updated
- Mar 31, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090427000502); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Patience O. Echem in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license APN0000013857Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
172 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass24 claims
- Cephalexin13 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 82.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Retail Health Clinics, LLCHendersonville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Patience O. Echem among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Patience O. Echem, FNP is one of 9,060 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 17% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 17% of these records are older, 81% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2017 among the 5,523 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Patience O. Echem, FNP's NPI number?
Patience O. Echem, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770720674, issued on Jan 14, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Patience O. Echem, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 936-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Patience O. Echem, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number APN0000013857, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Patience O. Echem, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Patience O. Echem, FNP had 172 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Patience O. Echem, FNP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.