Paul D. Bates, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Chattanooga, TN
Paul D. Bates, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1518021518, issued on Dec 21, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 1081, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul D. Bates
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 1081 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 513 Dodds Ave Ste 103, Chattanooga, TN 37404
- Phone
- (423) 698-3423
- Enumerated
- Dec 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090328000042); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 513 Dodds Ave Ste 103
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Paul D. Bates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 1081Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14% more Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,313 Medicare Part D claims for 259 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl172 claims
- Clonazepam108 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate88 claims
- Ropinirole Hcl79 claims
- Modafinil72 claims
- Donepezil Hcl59 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: $2,017.03
97 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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 2 group practices
- Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PCNashville, TN
- Memorial Health Partners Foundation, IncChattanooga, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Paul D. Bates, PA-C's NPI number?
Paul D. Bates, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518021518, issued on Dec 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul D. Bates, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 513 Dodds Ave Ste 103, Chattanooga, TN, 37404. Phone: (423) 698-3423. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul D. Bates, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 1081, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Paul D. Bates, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul D. Bates, PA-C had 1,313 Medicare Part D claims for 259 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.