William Howard Polk Jr., M.D.

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

TN18791 Issued in TN

Practice address

410 42ND Ave N Ste 400
Nashville, TN 37209-3658

Phone

(615) 329-7887

Fax

(615) 346-6225

NPI assigned

Jul 8, 2005

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN, KY2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

General Surgery

Education

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1985

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Tennessee Oncology PLLCGroup PAC ID 4688586134, 355 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tristar Centennial Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440161
• Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440082
• Cookeville Regional Medical Center Hospital, Cookeville, TN, CCN 440059
• Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital Hospital, Paducah, KY, CCN 180102
• Jennie Stuart Medical Center Hospital, Hopkinsville, KY, CCN 180051

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

85.69 of 100Reported as group

Quality

70.45

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

73.38

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: william.polkjr@tsclinic.eclinicaldirectplus.com
• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/IIJFBA
• Direct secure messaging: wpolk@direct.uspi.com

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.

• Tennessee Oncology PLLC

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1811955917

  KY, Surgery

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• The Surgical Clinic PLLC

  • Surgery Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1417983099

  KY

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tennessee Oncology

  dba Chattanooga PET and Imaging Center

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • NPI 1912623364
  NPD
• HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

  dba Tristar Centennial Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1023055126
  NPD (past)

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

• Cookeville Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cookeville, TN
  • NPI 1275531956
  Care Compare affiliation
• HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

  dba Tristar Centennial Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1023055126
  Care Compare affiliation
• Saint Thomas West Hospital

  dba Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1629025648
  Care Compare affiliation
• Jennie Stuart Medical Center Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hopkinsville, KY
  • NPI 1235139312
  Care Compare affiliation
• Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital LLC

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Paducah, KY
  • NPI 1245620640

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Paducah, KY
  • NPI 1346244126
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
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    "number": "1356349963",
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "410 42ND AVE N STE 400",
            "city": "NASHVILLE",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "372093658",
            "telephone_number": "615-329-7887",
            "fax_number": "615-346-6225"
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        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "POLK",
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        "middle_name": "HOWARD",
        "name_suffix": "Jr.",
        "credential": "M.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2005-07-08",
        "last_updated": "2023-08-30",
        "certification_date": "2023-08-30",
        "status": "A"
    },
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Ashley Polk
• Joan Polk, RN, CCM
• Melvin Sylvester Polk Jr., DDS
• Shamekka Polk
• Stuart Lane Polk, MD
• Gregory Gerald Polkowski II, MD
• Macgregor E Poll, MD
• Amber Pollack, NP-C
• Jason M Pollack, M.D.
• Megan Pollan

• Surgery Physician in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Surgery Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 30, 2023; 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.

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