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 47 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. Cristian Reinosa, PAChattanooga, TN 374041538943311
  2. Makenzie ReiterNashville, TN 372141528833225
  3. Robert Relic, PA-CBrentwood, TN 370271922065556
  4. Brandon RenfroeHixson, TN 373431427449610
  5. Sonja Renfroe, PA-CPikeville, TN 373671841650223
  6. Janice Renner, P.A.Cleveland, TN 373111508898610
  7. Hope Ressler, PANashville, TN 372141104634682
  8. Blake RevlettMurfreesboro, TN 371291346955168
  9. Clara ReynoldsJohnson City, TN 376041669202743
  10. Jeffrey Reynolds, PA-CMorristown, TN 378141508808577
  11. Jeanette Rhodes, PA-CDickson, TN 370551275811937
  12. Kennedi Rhodes, PA-CMadison, TN 371151225963879
  13. Reagin Rhodes, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374211215449616
  14. Derek Rhoton, P.A.-CElizabethton, TN 376431649502048
  15. Alexandra RiceNashville, TN 372051417760356
  16. Aubrey Rice, PA-CMcMinnville, TN 371101407379605
  17. Theron Rice, PA-CSpringfield, TN 371721437339884
  18. Gabriel Rich, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041932972064
  19. Larissa Rich, PACookeville, TN 385061851893069
  20. Hope RichardsonNashville, TN 372101053044917
  21. Hunter Richardson, PA-CNashville, TN 372051396662177
  22. Katherine Richardson, PA-CFranklin, TN 370671497325849
  23. Lauren Richardson, PA-CHixson, TN 373431114315116
  24. Rachel RichardsonNashville, TN 372071497407225
  25. Charles Rickey, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379191376702654
  26. Jordan Rickwa, PA-CFranklin, TN 370671689411803
  27. Jordan Ridder, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379171134648355
  28. Mikala Riddlesworth, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTJohnson City, TN 376041780718262
  29. Mary Riden, PAKnoxville, TN 379221861901720
  30. David Rider, PA-CNashville, TN 372321588522601
  31. Michael Ridley, PACamden, TN 383201023124161
  32. John-Michael Riegger, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041942802376
  33. Derek Rigby, P.A.Chattanooga, TN 374211215213863
  34. Madison RiggsNashville, TN 372141225842438
  35. Kristin Righi, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041154809622
  36. Rachael RiniNashville, TN 372321407618200
  37. Ann Ripper, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041033984018
  38. Adam Riser, PAColumbia, TN 384011154501443
  39. Megan RistichLebanon, TN 370901871109603
  40. Jacob Rittinghaus, PA-CSevierville, TN 378621689370504
  41. Sarah Roach, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379091033567813
  42. Jodi Robbe, PANashville, TN 372321841397031
  43. Alicia Roberts, PA-CDandridge, TN 377251356283840
  44. Briana Roberts, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379161013615053
  45. David Roberts, PA-CDyersburg, TN 380241346363231
  46. Grace Roberts, PAHendersonville, TN 370751225834666
  47. Joanna Roberts, PA-C, ATCGreeneville, TN 377451104434844
  48. Kenneth Roberts, PAKingsport, TN 376601700625092
  49. Stanley Roberts, P.A.-C.Clinton, TN 377161922047414
  50. Tanner Robertsen, PA-SNashville, TN 372321811738743

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.