Richard Hunter Jennings, MD
Surgery Physician · Chattanooga, TN
Richard Hunter Jennings, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1245299551, issued on Mar 23, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 18857, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Hunter Jennings
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 18857 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 721 Glenwood Dr Ste 560, Chattanooga, TN 37404
- Phone
- (423) 622-2494
- Enumerated
- Mar 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 28, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (423) 622-4532
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040316001186); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Emory University School Of Medicine, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 721 Glenwood Dr Ste 560
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Gerri Black, PASurgical Oncology Physician1073323994
- Brooke Henderson, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1235475625
Verify Richard Hunter Jennings in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 18857Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
256 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 125 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tramadol Hcl102 claims
- Metronidazole22 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen21 claims
- Neomycin Sulfate20 claims
- Cefadroxil11 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $101.59
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- 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).
Richard Hunter Jennings among 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee
Richard Hunter Jennings, MD is one of 631 surgery physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 2003 among the 404 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee.
All 631 in Tennessee → Every provider in Chattanooga → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Coleman Arnold, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041629062260
- William Cockerham, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041952395915
- Stephen Greer, MDChattanooga, TN 374041891127569
- John Gwin, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041861486839
- Julie Koffron, MDChattanooga, TN 374041013087162
- David Redd, MDChattanooga, TN 374041669542809
- Philip Smith, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041134113707
- Douglas Vanderbilt, MDChattanooga, TN 374041528138534
Common questions
What is Richard Hunter Jennings, MD's NPI number?
Richard Hunter Jennings, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245299551, issued on Mar 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Hunter Jennings, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 721 Glenwood Dr Ste 560, Chattanooga, TN, 37404. Phone: (423) 622-2494. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Hunter Jennings, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 18857, 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 Richard Hunter Jennings, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Hunter Jennings, MD had 256 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Hunter Jennings, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.7 of 100. 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.