NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Tennessee

3,055 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Tennessee, 43 per 100,000 residents, the 36th highest rate of 51. Nashville and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 44 of 62.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363A00000X · method

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

Nashville has the most, 700

  1. Nashville700
  2. Knoxville399
  3. Memphis191
  4. Chattanooga150
  5. Murfreesboro100

Physician Assistant records in Tennessee

  1. Joshua Pettit, PAJohnson City, TN 376011336072628
  2. Justin Pettit, PAJohnson City, TN 376011841037272
  3. Kylee Pettit, PAJohnson City, TN 376011457284838
  4. Kari Pham, PA-CBartlett, TN 381351962285825
  5. Sheila Phegley, PA-CAlcoa, TN 377011447281902
  6. Zoey Phelps-Bergeron, PA-CMemphis, TN 381051326391541
  7. Megan Phillips, PA-CHumboldt, TN 383431467860668
  8. Rachel Phillips, PAKnoxville, TN 379231255890349
  9. Whitney Phillips, P.A.C.Nashville, TN 372321497111579
  10. Emily PhilpottNashville, TN 372031871100586
  11. Emily Philpott, PANashville, TN 372321679234611
  12. Emma PhippsSmyrna, TN 371671083593198
  13. Kelly Pickel, PA-CColumbia, TN 384011033542980
  14. Taylor Piedra, PA-CNashville, TN 372041770448458
  15. Paige PieletNashville, TN 372321730867235
  16. Salley Pierce, PA-SNashville, TN 372071164269338
  17. Madison Pierski, PASomerville, TN 380681922990308
  18. Ashley Pierson, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041609213800
  19. Alexa PilkingtonNashville, TN 372031821835109
  20. Donna Pinion, PA-CCorryton, TN 377211538750732
  21. Kathryn PionkeKnoxville, TN 379161942625645
  22. Alexis Piryk, PA-CNashville, TN 372321679098305
  23. Teresa Pisani, PA CSpring Hill, TN 371741821173840
  24. Jesse PitcherDyersburg, TN 380241215639430
  25. Mallory PitchfordNashville, TN 372081972457430
  26. Lucas Pittman, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTCookeville, TN 385011619567831
  27. Victoria Pittman, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379181528408192
  28. Angela Pitts, PA-CMurfreesboro, TN 371291780376640
  29. Jillian Pitts, PA-CNashville, TN 372321487463659
  30. Christopher Pivonka, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379171881970044
  31. Benjamin Plahtinsky, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041962426551
  32. Brian Plant, PACJohnson City, TN 376041972587277
  33. Ashley Platzer, PA-CSoddy Daisy, TN 373791275055394
  34. Brent Plessinger, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379091134872906
  35. Mollie PlochKnoxville, TN 379321023805264
  36. Steven Polasky, PANashville, TN 372321346337466
  37. Carolyn Poleski, MS, PA-CGermantown, TN 381381508546912
  38. Gerald Polk, PA-COld Hickory, TN 371381558472936
  39. Chelsea Pollard, PA-CMurfreesboro, TN 371291508565953
  40. Nicholas Pons, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041689959561
  41. Nancy Pont BriantMemphis, TN 381031629920426
  42. Amelia Pope, PANashville, TN 372151124052238
  43. Rachel Pope, PADecaturville, TN 383291700488012
  44. Jessica Pope Maloney, PA-CMurfreesboro, TN 371291346579562
  45. Douglas Porter, M-PACWoodlawn, TN 371911477863322
  46. Joshua Porter, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTChattanooga, TN 374031265714299
  47. Katey Porter, PA-CMorristown, TN 378131992524144
  48. Lewis Porter, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041255491585
  49. Laura Porter-Guyer, PAPortland, TN 371481780771816
  50. Lisa PostellMurfreesboro, TN 371271609973098

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 36 of 51 per resident

  1. Ohio45
  2. Wyoming45
  3. Kentucky43
  4. Tennessee43
  5. South Carolina43
  6. Georgia42
  7. 50 states and D.C.49

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

80.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 77.9% 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. Tennessee80.1%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file2,448 of 3,055 · 80.1% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file2,031 · 66.5% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more902 · 29.5% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2019 · the 2,030 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363A00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

3,055 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 43 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 700 of them (23%).

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. Maryland3,224
  2. New Jersey3,393
  3. Wisconsin3,475
  4. Arizona3,666

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina42.7
  2. Kentucky43.3
  3. Georgia42.3
  4. Wyoming44.5

The largest states

  1. New York15,555
  2. California14,451
  3. Texas10,999
  4. Florida10,257
  5. North Carolina9,279

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.