Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Melissa Lynn Spears, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Individual provider Registered Nurse · NPI 1790911469

Melissa Lynn Spears, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC is a Nurse Practitioner in Knoxville, Tennessee. Qualified in 2021, 5 years ago. Practices with East Tennessee Addiction Specialists, a 7-clinician group, works from 3 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
5
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2009
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MSN — Master of Science in Nursing
A graduate nursing degree, usually held alongside an advanced practice licence.
APRN — Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
The umbrella licence covering nurse practitioners, midwives, anaesthetists and clinical nurse specialists.
PMHNP-BC — Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified
A board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner.

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Practice location Address checks out

408 N Cedar Bluff Rd Ste 305
Knoxville, TN 37923-3648
Phone: (865) 888-5818
Fax: (865) 888-5819
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 208 E Unaka Ave, Johnson City, TN 37601-4626 — (423) 926-0940
  • 201 W Springdale Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917-5158 — (865) 329-9173

Specialties & licences

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LP0808X · Licence 29824 (TN)
Registered Nurse Taxonomy 163W00000X · Licence 164427 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1790911469
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MSN , APRN , PMHNP-BC
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 8, 2009
Last updated in NPPESDecember 5, 2025
Certification dateDecember 5, 2025

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2021 (5 years in practice)
Group practice East Tennessee Addiction Specialists — 7 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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 patients26
Services billed 172 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age64

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

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 $2,996 118 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,104 3 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Colleagues at East Tennessee Addiction Specialists

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 7 clinicians in the practice; 5 are shown here.

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