Thomas Kates, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Nashville, TN
Thomas Kates, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1508391764, issued on Apr 25, 2017. Check the license (Tennessee 61957, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas Kates
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 61957 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2300 Patterson St, Nashville, TN 37203
- Phone
- (615) 342-1000
- Enumerated
- Apr 25, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jul 29, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200813003529); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern Illinois University School Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas Kates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 61957Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $94.88
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Hospital Medicine Services OF TN LLCNashville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas Kates among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Thomas Kates, 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 2017, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 84% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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).
613 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Nashville
They are 613 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Thomas Kates, MD's NPI number?
Thomas Kates, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508391764, issued on Apr 25, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas Kates, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2300 Patterson St, Nashville, TN, 37203. Phone: (615) 342-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas Kates, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 61957, 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.
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.