Shelly L. Thannum, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · Memphis, TN
Shelly L. Thannum, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1861597742, issued on Sep 14, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 42916, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shelly L. Thannum
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License numbers
- 42916 TN
E4356 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1755 Kirby Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120
- Phone
- (901) 725-5846
- Enumerated
- Sep 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 31, 2024
- Fax
- (901) 726-4827
- Medicaid ID
- 157567001 AR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090205000209); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shelly L. Thannum in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 42916Check 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $73.03
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 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 4 group practices
- American Anesthesiology OF Tennessee PCMemphis, TN
- Medical Anesthesia Group, PAMarion, AR
- Resource Anesthesiology Associates OF TN PCMemphis, TN
- UT Regional One Physicians IncMemphis, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shelly L. Thannum among 971 anesthesiology physician records in Tennessee
Shelly L. Thannum, MD is one of 971 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 70% 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 70% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2005 among the 611 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
143 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in Memphis
They are 143 of the 12,794 NPPES records with a practice address in Memphis, and 971 anesthesiology physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Shelly L. Thannum, MD's NPI number?
Shelly L. Thannum, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861597742, issued on Sep 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shelly L. Thannum, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1755 Kirby Pkwy, Memphis, TN, 38120. Phone: (901) 725-5846. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shelly L. Thannum, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 42916, 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 Shelly L. Thannum, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.