Deborah Upchurch Howard Apn
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1306139365 is registered to Deborah Upchurch Howard Apn, a Family Nurse Practitioner practising at 1236 Knoxville Hwy in Wartburg, Tennessee. Family Nurse Practitioner is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Deborah Upchurch Howard Apn has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2011.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
This record carries 1 secondary identifier beyond the base NPI: Medicaid and other payer cross-references used by billers and credentialers, which the standard CMS NPPES lookup does not surface. It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 2 PECOS enrollment records (each with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 9,389 Family Nurse Practitioner providers on file in Tennessee.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Secondary identifiers
Additional identifiers this provider has registered with NPPES. Used by medical billers, credentialers, and insurance verifiers to cross-reference claims and enrollments.
Medicaid
- 1527937TN
Source: NPPES public registry.
Medicare enrollment
This provider holds 2 Medicare enrollments on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20110816000618Nurse PractitionerTN
- I20210611000658Nurse PractitionerNC
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Deborah Upchurch Howard Apn accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Deborah Upchurch Howard Apn directly at (423) 346-5566.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1306139365 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Family Nurse Practitioner is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (423) 346-5566.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Deborah Upchurch Howard Apn is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 9,389 Family Nurse Practitioner providers are registered in Tennessee, and Deborah Upchurch Howard Apn is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.