Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM
Podiatrist · Knoxville, TN
Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM is a podiatrist with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1518975408, issued on Aug 4, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee DPM0000000509, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Christopher Hancock
- Credential
- DPM
- Primary taxonomy
- Podiatrist 213E00000X
- License number
- DPM0000000509 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 939 E Emerald Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917
- Phone
- (865) 523-5655
- Enumerated
- Aug 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 17, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 523-4882
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100928001266); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 939 E Emerald Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Robert Christopher Hancock in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license DPM0000000509Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average podiatrist in 2024
819 Medicare Part D claims for 298 beneficiaries, against an average of 314 among the 6,407 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Mupirocin201 claims
- Meloxicam180 claims
- Methylprednisolone100 claims
- Cephalexin75 claims
- Gabapentin54 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate29 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $351.06
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 4,596 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,476.60 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
- Jsphymgmt PCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Christopher Hancock among 120 podiatrist records in Tennessee
Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM is one of 120 podiatrist records with a practice address in Tennessee. 68% 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 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 1999 among the 70 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 213E00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Podiatrist providers in Tennessee
There are 120 podiatrist records in Tennessee.
All 120 in Tennessee → Every provider in Knoxville → Podiatrist nationwide →
The 8 podiatrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Gilley, DPMKnoxville, TN 379171881602787
- Heather Sandberg, DPMKnoxville, TN 379171699783597
- David Sandberg, DPMKnoxville, TN 379171336157239
- William Holt, DPMKnoxville, TN 379181912918848
- Kelly Bumpus, D.P.M.Knoxville, TN 379201346531241
- Ivan Cooper, D.P.M., P.C.Knoxville, TN 379201952491748
- Abshan Malik, DPMKnoxville, TN 379141053937045
- Margaret Lubert, DPMKnoxville, TN 379211649268194
Common questions
What is Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM's NPI number?
Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518975408, issued on Aug 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 939 E Emerald Ave, Knoxville, TN, 37917. Phone: (865) 523-5655. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number DPM0000000509, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM had 819 Medicare Part D claims for 298 beneficiaries; the average among podiatrist prescribers was 314. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Robert Christopher Hancock, DPM's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.