Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Heather Diane Saunders, APRN

Individual provider Family Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1184143174

Heather Diane Saunders, APRN is a Nurse Practitioner in Knoxville, Tennessee. Qualified in 2017, 9 years ago. Practices with Summit Medical Group, PLLC, a 636-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
9
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2017
What do these letters mean?
APRN — Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
The umbrella licence covering nurse practitioners, midwives, anaesthetists and clinical nurse specialists.

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Practice location Address checks out

10215 Kingston Pike Ste 100
Knoxville, TN 37922-3492
Phone: (865) 691-0733
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Specialties & licences

Family Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LF0000X · Licence 22891 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1184143174
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials APRN
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedSeptember 12, 2017
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 23, 2021
Certification dateFebruary 23, 2021

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2017 (9 years in practice)
Group practice Summit Medical Group, Pllc — 636 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients206
Services billed 1,473 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $2,013 118 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Summit Medical Group, PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 636 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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