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Mr. Robert Shaun Austin, PA-C

Individual provider Surgical Physician Assistant · NPI 1578961967

Mr. Robert Shaun Austin, PA-C is a Physician Assistant in Knoxville, Tennessee. Qualified in 2014, 12 years ago. Practices with Watauga Orthopaedics PLC, a 82-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
12
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2014
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
PA-C — Physician Assistant, Certified
A physician assistant who holds current national certification.

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Practice location Address checks out

10810 Parkside Dr Physicians Plaza I Ste 209
Knoxville, TN 37934-1979
Phone: (865) 251-3030
Fax: (865) 966-0191
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Specialties & licences

Surgical Physician Assistant (primary) Taxonomy 363AS0400X · Licence 2700 (TN)
Medical Physician Assistant Taxonomy 363AM0700X · Licence 2700 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1578961967
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials PA-C
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedDecember 17, 2014
Last updated in NPPESJuly 12, 2024
Certification dateJuly 12, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2014 (12 years in practice)
Group practice Watauga Orthopaedics Plc — 82 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

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 patients258
Services billed 2,510 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 $122 4 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.

  • Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center Hospital · Bristol, TN
  • Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center Hospital · Kingsport, TN

Colleagues at Watauga Orthopaedics PLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 82 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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