TERESA PALMER, APRN appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Medical-Surgical Clinical Nurse Specialist provider holding APRN credentials at 1924 ALCOA HWY, KNOXVILLE, TN, 37920, with a listed phone of (865) 305-7255. NPI 1538184270 was issued on 07/13/2006. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what PALMER most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 309 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 64 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $23K in drug spend, split 10% brand-name and 90% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 43.0%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 95.6914/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 85.2885), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Medical-Surgical Clinical Nurse Specialist is a narrow specialty nationwide, with 281 enrolled providers across 39 states and an average of 570 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.