Sung Yong Bae, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Knoxville, TN
Sung Yong Bae, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1043443997, issued on Aug 26, 2009. Check the license (Tennessee 52660, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sung Yong Bae
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 52660 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2001 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916
- Phone
- (865) 524-3131
- Enumerated
- Aug 26, 2009
- Record last updated
- Dec 10, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 212-6323
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150629001031); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- North Carolina Medical School, 2009
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2001 Laurel Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Sung Yong Bae in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 52660Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,310 Medicare Part D claims for 337 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide199 claims
- Allopurinol153 claims
- Calcitriol133 claims
- Lisinopril128 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate113 claims
- Irbesartan104 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): 29.2 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: $412.77
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Nxstage Medical, 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
- East Tennessee Nephrology PCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
237 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 237 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Sung Yong Bae, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sung Yong Bae, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043443997, issued on Aug 26, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sung Yong Bae, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2001 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN, 37916. Phone: (865) 524-3131. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sung Yong Bae, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 52660, 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 Sung Yong Bae, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sung Yong Bae, M.D. had 2,310 Medicare Part D claims for 337 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sung Yong Bae, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 29.2 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.