Rita Renee Claxton, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Chattanooga, TN
Rita Renee Claxton, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1306855655, issued on Aug 5, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 28468, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rita Renee Claxton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 28468 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 975 E 3RD St, Chattanooga, TN 37403
- Phone
- (423) 266-1490
- Enumerated
- Aug 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (423) 648-4570
- Medicaid ID
- 3805844 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110906000535); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- East Tennessee State University Quillen College Of Medicine, 1991
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 975 E 3RD St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Rita Renee Claxton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 28468Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,927 Medicare Part D claims for 522 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate421 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium314 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium311 claims
- Losartan Potassium185 claims
- Metformin Hcl182 claims
- Gabapentin176 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: $31.41
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Centerwell Senior Primary Care GA PCMorrow, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rita Renee Claxton among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Rita Renee Claxton, M.D. is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
192 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Chattanooga
They are 192 of the 7,377 NPPES records with a practice address in Chattanooga, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Rita Renee Claxton, M.D.'s NPI number?
Rita Renee Claxton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306855655, issued on Aug 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rita Renee Claxton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 975 E 3RD St, Chattanooga, TN, 37403. Phone: (423) 266-1490. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rita Renee Claxton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 28468, 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 Rita Renee Claxton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rita Renee Claxton, M.D. had 5,927 Medicare Part D claims for 522 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.