Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Nashville, TN
Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1912518390, issued on Aug 11, 2020. Check the license (Tennessee 5624, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vanessa Kathleen Shields
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 5624 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 329 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37210
- Phone
- (615) 244-6900
- Enumerated
- Aug 11, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jun 25, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230811002973); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 329 Murfreesboro Pike
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Verify Vanessa Kathleen Shields in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 5624Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
3,501 Medicare Part D claims for 378 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 238 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin311 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium159 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen90 claims
- Mirtazapine87 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate82 claims
- Lisinopril81 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: $16.19
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- The Little Clinic OF Tennessee LLCDickson, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vanessa Kathleen Shields among 616 medical physician assistant records in Tennessee
Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C is one of 616 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 74% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2015 among the 369 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 363AM0700X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in Tennessee
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Jordan DuncanNashville, TN 372091891545505
- Clara Easterlin, PA-CNashville, TN 372091871364018
- Steven Gardner, PANashville, TN 372111639403645
- Bishoy HannaNashville, TN 372111194642207
Common questions
What is Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C's NPI number?
Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912518390, issued on Aug 11, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 329 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville, TN, 37210. Phone: (615) 244-6900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 5624, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vanessa Kathleen Shields, PA-C had 3,501 Medicare Part D claims for 378 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.