Stephen Hunter Bills, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Tullahoma, TN
Stephen Hunter Bills, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and NPI 1780797464, issued on Aug 16, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 14477, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stephen Hunter Bills
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 14477 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1805 N Jackson St, Tullahoma, TN 37388
- Phone
- (931) 455-7767
- Enumerated
- Aug 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 30, 2025
- Fax
- (931) 455-8636
- Medicaid ID
- 3197480 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050826000892); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1805 N Jackson St
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Verify Stephen Hunter Bills in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 14477Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
21,042 Medicare Part D claims for 918 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 168 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,003 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium970 claims
- Furosemide803 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate764 claims
- Lisinopril578 claims
- Gabapentin577 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): 97.1 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: $83.70
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen 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
- Vanderbilt Integrated Providers LLCTullahoma, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stephen Hunter Bills among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Stephen Hunter Bills, MD 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
- Graduated1979 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
8 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Tullahoma
They are 8 of the 587 NPPES records with a practice address in Tullahoma, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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- Robert Nichols, M.D.Tullahoma, TN 373881538384375
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Common questions
What is Stephen Hunter Bills, MD's NPI number?
Stephen Hunter Bills, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780797464, issued on Aug 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stephen Hunter Bills, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1805 N Jackson St, Tullahoma, TN, 37388. Phone: (931) 455-7767. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stephen Hunter Bills, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 14477, 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 Stephen Hunter Bills, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stephen Hunter Bills, MD had 21,042 Medicare Part D claims for 918 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Stephen Hunter Bills, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.1 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.