NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical Physician Assistant in Tennessee

616 NPPES records list medical physician assistant with a practice address in Tennessee, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 51. Knoxville and Nashville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 7 of 13.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363AM0700X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Knoxville has the most, 75

  1. Knoxville75
  2. Nashville73
  3. Memphis36
  4. Chattanooga34
  5. Johnson City28

Medical Physician Assistant records in Tennessee

  1. Anthony Jones, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041841814803
  2. Austin JonesParis, TN 382421568260495
  3. Jeffery Jones, PA-CCleveland, TN 373121225067861
  4. Kristen Jones, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379231891673562
  5. Tonya Jones, PAKnoxville, TN 379171659971851
  6. Allison Jowers, PA-CDyersburg, TN 380241154696607
  7. Natalie Judy, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379221770546863
  8. Daniel Kachelmyer, PA-CMorristown, TN 378141376594317
  9. Sunny Kallmer, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379221972678050
  10. David Kao, P.A.-C.Paris, TN 382421699381616
  11. Jeffrey Kauppi, PADickson, TN 370551720081821
  12. Christina Kazanas, PAMurfreesboro, TN 371291437837473
  13. Jaan Kelly, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379231831189190
  14. Alexander Kerr, PASeymour, TN 378651275229023
  15. Nathan Kersey, PA-CLynnville, TN 384721922216142
  16. Rachel Keyt, PAJohnson City, TN 376041366471641
  17. Kaitlyn Kincaid, PA-CTazewell, TN 378791770368136
  18. James King, PAMcMinnville, TN 371101093877508
  19. Jennifer King, PA-CJamestown, TN 385561962641530
  20. Christine Kinley, PACJohnson City, TN 376041063544716
  21. Hannah Kirk, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376011497145403
  22. Phillip Kirkland, P.A.Knoxville, TN 379311275720492
  23. Shona Knifley, PAPowell, TN 378491225350275
  24. Paul Koltnow, PAMemphis, TN 381201619054442
  25. Stephanie Koonce, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379091609035807
  26. Emily Kopek, PAKnoxville, TN 379341801168232
  27. Joseph Kowal, PAClarksville, TN 370421558686717
  28. McKenna Krebs, PA-CMount Juliet, TN 371221881305522
  29. Justin Kwon, PA-CStanton, TN 380691881020295
  30. Awilda Labonne, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374051114986593
  31. Brittany Laehn, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041831769314
  32. Brandi Lafleur, PASpring Hill, TN 371741184962920
  33. Melissa Lambert, PA-CHendersonville, TN 370751922287564
  34. Gregory Lanier, P.A.Manchester, TN 373551417949330
  35. John Lanier, PAJackson, TN 383051629419619
  36. Kara Lankford, PA-CGreeneville, TN 377451306216320
  37. Tammi Lawrence, P.A.Memphis, TN 381041851889976
  38. Kayley LazarskiGallatin, TN 370661245949056
  39. Matthew Lee, PAKnoxville, TN 379181497490312
  40. Erin Leffel, PA-CFranklin, TN 370671194141424
  41. Emily Lennon, PA-CMemphis, TN 381041306213228
  42. Catalina Lettich, PAKnoxville, TN 379171851061501
  43. Jerrin Levy, PA-COak Ridge, TN 378301588021356
  44. Jeannie Lewis, PA-CBartlett, TN 381341417283565
  45. Jordann Lewis, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379221538477245
  46. Jennifer Light, P.A.Athens, TN 373031841544053
  47. Douglas Lillifield, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379231225263353
  48. Joseph Lindahl, PA-CMt Juliet, TN 371221619945508
  49. Anna Locke, PACarthage, TN 370301740566777
  50. Erica Long, P.A.Mt Juliet, TN 371221225058464

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AM0700X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 37 of 51 per resident

  1. Kansas9
  2. South Carolina9
  3. California9
  4. Tennessee9
  5. New Jersey9
  6. Minnesota8
  7. 50 states and D.C.12

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AM0700X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 74.0% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Tennessee79.1%
  2. United States74.0%

Medical Physician Assistant records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file487 of 616 · 79.1% here, 74.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file372 · 60.4% here, 54.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more277 · 45.0% here, 54.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2015 · the 369 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AM0700X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

616 NPPES records list medical physician assistant (363AM0700X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 9 per 100,000 residents against 12 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Knoxville has 75 of them (12%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Illinois671
  2. Wisconsin687
  3. Oregon699
  4. Oklahoma513

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California8.7
  2. New Jersey8.5
  3. South Carolina9.2
  4. Minnesota8.0

The largest states

  1. Pennsylvania3,897
  2. New York3,670
  3. California3,376
  4. Florida2,776
  5. Texas2,146

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.