Dara P Downs, NP

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

27787 Issued in TN

Practice address

1718 Patterson St
Nashville, TN 37203-2926

Phone

(615) 379-3553

Fax

(615) 346-8479

NPI assigned

Nov 6, 2020

Last updated

Apr 14, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Alive Hospice, IncGroup PAC ID 0244276608, 29 clinicians

Alive Complex Care PCGroup PAC ID 0446752828, 10 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440082

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: ddowns@alivepc.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Alive Hospice, Inc

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1184682858
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Alive Complex Care, P.C.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1194607549
  Care Compare group
• Alive Hospice, Inc.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1114241437

  Nurse Practitioner

  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Saint Thomas West Hospital

  dba Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1629025648
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• John Downing, MD
• John D Downing, CRNA
• Ann H Downs, FNP/CNM
• Brandon Howard Downs, MD
• Carlene M Downs, RN
• Emily Downs, APRN
• Rachel Ellen Dowse, M.ED.
• Allison S Dowsley, LCSW
• Sadie Doxley, N.P.
• Melissa Doyal

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 14, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.