Phillip Lynn Nichols, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Knoxville, TN
Phillip Lynn Nichols, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1639115496, issued on Jun 21, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 37082, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Phillip Nichols
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 37082 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6473 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
- Phone
- (865) 588-8831
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2025
- Fax
- (865) 588-8841
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 6473 Kingston Pike
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Abdelhamid Alsharif, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1689985285
- Bashar Bargoty, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1780916775
- Paul Barnette, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1427700368
- Jennifer Butler, ANP-BCAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1245259605
- Shannon Byrd, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1265477400
- Cherish Chambers, P.A.Physician Assistant1033383336
Verify Phillip Nichols in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 37082Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
42% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
822 Medicare Part D claims for 168 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 49% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta139 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa106 claims
- Montelukast Sodium58 claims
- Breo Ellipta43 claims
- Azithromycin41 claims
- Prednisone39 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: $259.87
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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.
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 359 pulmonary disease physician records in Tennessee.
Other pulmonary disease physician records in Tennessee
- James Adams, M.D.Memphis, TN1649275322
- Ashish Agrawal, M.D.Jackson, TN1225136484
- Ankur Ahuja, M.D.Murfreesboro, TN1912263005
- Ahmad Al Shyoukh, MDJackson, TN1558856724
- Mariam Alawoki, M.D.Kingsport, TN1487017869
- Ahmad Albalbissi, M.D.Bristol, TN1164876330
- Melissa Aldridge, DOMurfreesboro, TN1073132429
- Abdelhamid Alsharif, MDKnoxville, TN1689985285
- Mohammad Alsoub, MDDickson, TN1063407534
- Hannah Anderson, DONashville, TN1649834425
Common questions
What is Phillip Lynn Nichols, MD's NPI number?
Phillip Lynn Nichols, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639115496, issued on Jun 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Phillip Lynn Nichols, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6473 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37919. Phone: (865) 588-8831. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Phillip Lynn Nichols, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 37082, 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 Phillip Lynn Nichols, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Phillip Lynn Nichols, MD had 822 Medicare Part D claims for 168 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.