Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Rutledge, TN
Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Rutledge, Tennessee, and NPI 1285397190, issued on Oct 18, 2021. Check the license (Tennessee 4774, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Whitney Atkins McElhaney
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 4774 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8731 Rutledge Pike, Rutledge, TN 37861
- Phone
- (865) 828-5595
- Enumerated
- Oct 18, 2021
- Record last updated
- May 17, 2022
- Fax
- (865) 828-5607
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211102002216); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Lincoln Memorial University Medical Department, 2021
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 8731 Rutledge Pike
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Dennis Duck, MDInternal Medicine Physician1134127343
- Reagan Kitts, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1053711689
Verify Whitney Atkins McElhaney in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 4774Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
5,837 Medicare Part D claims for 497 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 137 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium239 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium170 claims
- Gabapentin152 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa145 claims
- Lisinopril142 claims
- Omeprazole139 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $553.83
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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.
1 physician assistant records list a practice address in Rutledge
They are 1 of the 22 NPPES records with a practice address in Rutledge, and 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C's NPI number?
Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285397190, issued on Oct 18, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8731 Rutledge Pike, Rutledge, TN, 37861. Phone: (865) 828-5595. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 4774, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C had 5,837 Medicare Part D claims for 497 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Whitney Atkins McElhaney, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.