Rick Wayne Wright, MD
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician · Nashville, TN
Rick Wayne Wright, MD is a sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1225056039, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 60020, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rick Wayne Wright
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician 207XX0005X
- License number
- 60020 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 322-3000
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Medicaid IDs
- 207727108 MO
ENROLLED IL
Q055963 TN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191216002940); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri, Columbia School Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Rick Wayne Wright in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 60020Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.1 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: $115.19
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was royalty or license; the largest payer was Cms Imaging, Inc. The 2,400 providers of this specialty with any payment received $19,779.31 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFranklin, TN · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Rick Wayne Wright among 106 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records in Tennessee
Rick Wayne Wright, MD is one of 106 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 96% 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 22% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 22% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 96% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 93% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2001 among the 99 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 32% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XX0005X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 106 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records in Tennessee.
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The 8 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Eric Bowman, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321801153622
- Charles Cox, MDNashville, TN 372321770783664
- John Kuhn, MDNashville, TN 372321619064730
- Lance Leclere, MDNashville, TN 372321881757490
- Jaron Sullivan, MDNashville, TN 372321770745432
- Justin HarringtonNashville, TN 372111811525306
- Joseph Schaffer, MDNashville, TN 372111275875775
- Christian Anderson, MDNashville, TN 372091255535746
Common questions
What is Rick Wayne Wright, MD's NPI number?
Rick Wayne Wright, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225056039, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rick Wayne Wright, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 322-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rick Wayne Wright, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 60020, 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.
What is Rick Wayne Wright, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.1 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.