NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Patience Joy Ellington, NP

Family Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN

Patience Joy Ellington, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1538839857, issued on Sep 17, 2021. Check the license (Tennessee APN0000030129, 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
1538839857
Name
Patience Joy Ellington
Credential
NP
Primary taxonomy
Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
License number
APN0000030129 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2300 Patterson St, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone
(615) 749-9322
Enumerated
Sep 17, 2021
Record last updated
Sep 17, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20211012002073); accepts Medicare assignment
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 2300 Patterson St

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

  1. Nicholas Alexander, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1639871221
  2. Meghan Allen, RNRegistered Nurse1023805397
  3. Oguz Aras, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1336909498
  4. Shanze Arshad, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1629879879
  5. Katherine AwhStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1821857079
  6. Nader Bahri, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1588899082

Verify Patience Joy Ellington 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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Industry payments in 2024: $46.56

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Patience Ellington$46.56
  2. Specialty average$650.95

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. Hospital Medicine Services OF TN LLCNashville, TN

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

Patience Joy Ellington among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee

Patience Joy Ellington, NP 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 2021, is newer than 73% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 73% of these records are older, 22% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
  • Graduated2021 · median 2017 among the 5,523 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 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).

1,518 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Nashville

They are 1,518 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.

The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Linda Anderson, NPNashville, TN 372031912992926
  2. Martha Brinson, FNP MSNNashville, TN 372031124083720
  3. Mary Darden, APNNashville, TN 372031144209495
  4. Linda Hughlett, CNM-BCNashville, TN 372031538256664
  5. Jenny Mullen, FNPNashville, TN 372031811982242
  6. Liesel NixonNashville, TN 372031891838710
  7. Chered Pearson, FNPNashville, TN 372031194708578
  8. Rebecca Richey, RN, FNPNashville, TN 372031083749493

Common questions

What is Patience Joy Ellington, NP's NPI number?

Patience Joy Ellington, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538839857, issued on Sep 17, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Patience Joy Ellington, NP located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2300 Patterson St, Nashville, TN, 37203. Phone: (615) 749-9322. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Patience Joy Ellington, NP's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number APN0000030129, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.