Tenzin Dechen
Family Nurse Practitioner · Philadelphia, PA
Tenzin Dechen is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1043750318, issued on Mar 6, 2017. Check the license (Pennsylvania SP016995, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tenzin Dechen
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- SP016995 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2821 Island Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19153
- Phone
- (215) 863-2301
- Enumerated
- Mar 6, 2017
- Record last updated
- Apr 6, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170612001331); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tenzin Dechen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license SP016995Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
22% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,588 Medicare Part D claims for 495 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium143 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium99 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate81 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium64 claims
- Losartan Potassium58 claims
- Methylprednisolone57 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: $604.38
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.). The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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 3 group practices
- Advanced Health And Psychiatry PLLCGlen Riddle Lima, PA
- Main Line HealthcareBroomall, PA
- Novacare Outpatient Rehabilitation East, Inc.Collegeville, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tenzin Dechen among 7,209 family nurse practitioner records in Pennsylvania
Tenzin Dechen is one of 7,209 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 43% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 43% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2018 among the 4,232 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
896 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Philadelphia
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Common questions
What is Tenzin Dechen's NPI number?
Tenzin Dechen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043750318, issued on Mar 6, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tenzin Dechen located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2821 Island Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19153. Phone: (215) 863-2301. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tenzin Dechen's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number SP016995, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tenzin Dechen prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tenzin Dechen had 1,588 Medicare Part D claims for 495 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.