Robert Vincent Smith, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Chattanooga, TN
Robert Vincent Smith, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1295078251, issued on Mar 28, 2013. Check the license (Tennessee 56424, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Vincent Smith
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 56424 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 975 E. Third Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403
- Phone
- (844) 439-1729
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2013
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (423) 778-2108
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171117001862); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wright State University Boonshoft School Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Vincent Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 56424Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
63 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of 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): 96.2 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: $96.24
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Erlanger HealthChattanooga, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Vincent Smith among 426 hospitalist physician records in Tennessee
Robert Vincent Smith, MD is one of 426 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 52% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2012 among the 356 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 426 hospitalist physician records in Tennessee.
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- Gregory Reyes, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374031659662187
Common questions
What is Robert Vincent Smith, MD's NPI number?
Robert Vincent Smith, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295078251, issued on Mar 28, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Vincent Smith, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 975 E. Third Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403. Phone: (844) 439-1729. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Vincent Smith, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 56424, 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 Robert Vincent Smith, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Vincent Smith, MD had 63 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Robert Vincent Smith, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.2 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.