Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Kingsport, TN
Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Kingsport, Tennessee, and NPI 1477899441, issued on Dec 20, 2012. Check the license (Tennessee 2998, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shelly Richards Ketron
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- 2998 TN
0010-03974 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2050 Meadowview Pkwy, Kingsport, TN 37660
- Phone
- (423) 230-5000
- Enumerated
- Dec 20, 2012
- Record last updated
- Feb 1, 2024
- Fax
- (423) 390-6852
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shelly Richards Ketron in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 2998Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
670 Medicare Part D claims for 203 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 39 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel333 claims
- Cilostazol79 claims
- Xarelto45 claims
- Brilinta33 claims
- Eliquis33 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen31 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: $144.75
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Revance Therapeutics, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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.
Shelly Richards Ketron among 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee
Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C is one of 3,055 physician assistant 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 2012, is newer than 25% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 25% of these records are older, 72% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 30% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
61 physician assistant records list a practice address in Kingsport
They are 61 of the 1,986 NPPES records with a practice address in Kingsport, and 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C's NPI number?
Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477899441, issued on Dec 20, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2050 Meadowview Pkwy, Kingsport, TN, 37660. Phone: (423) 230-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 2998, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shelly Richards Ketron, PA-C had 670 Medicare Part D claims for 203 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.