Joan Cate Bang, NP

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

37117 Issued in TN

Practice address

961 Spring Creek Rd
Chattanooga, TN 37412-3959

Phone

(423) 892-2221

Fax

(833) 450-4988

NPI assigned

Jul 5, 2019

Last updated

May 15, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA, TN2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Summit Medical Group, PLLCGroup PAC ID 2860396330, 636 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Memorial Healthcare System, Inc Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, CCN 440091
• Parkridge Medical Center Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, CCN 440156
• Erlanger Medical Center Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, CCN 440104

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/DIJIBA
• Direct secure messaging: joan.bang.1@20785.direct.athenahealth.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.

• Summit Medical Group, PLLC

  dba Cool Springs Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Brentwood, TN
  • NPI 1659090298
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Southeast Medical Group, P.C.

  dba North Atlanta Primary Care, P.C.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Alpharetta, GA
  • NPI 1235296054
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Summit Medical Group, PLLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Knoxville, TN
  • NPI 1548349186
  NPD
• Summit Medical Group PLLC

  dba Summit Medical Group of Oak Ridge

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Oak Ridge, TN
  • NPI 1437238797
  NPD (past)
• Summit Medical Group, PLLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Knoxville, TN
  • NPI 1699722470
  NPD (past)
• Family Care of Northwest Georgia

  dba Bowers Family Medicine

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • La Fayette, GA
  • NPI 1740440080
  NPD (past)
• Physician First Health Network

  • Public Health or Welfare Agency
  • Alpharetta, GA
  • NPI 1598558181
  NPD (past)

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

• Erlanger Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • NPI 1861194086
  Care Compare affiliation
• Memorial Health Care System Inc.

  dba Memorial Hospital Hixson

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hixson, TN
  • NPI 1083778633
  Care Compare affiliation
• Memorial Health Care System Inc.

  dba Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • NPI 1255428736
  Care Compare affiliation
• Parkridge Medical Center, Inc.

  dba Parkridge Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • NPI 1104874684
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1747267200000",
    "number": "1497317937",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1275 DICK LONAS RD UNIT 101",
            "city": "KNOXVILLE",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "379091383",
            "telephone_number": "865-584-4747",
            "fax_number": "706-639-9057"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "961 SPRING CREEK RD",
            "city": "CHATTANOOGA",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "374123959",
            "telephone_number": "423-892-2221",
            "fax_number": "833-450-4988"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "3824 S Highway 27",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "LA Fayette",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "307283967",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "706-639-9055",
            "fax_number": "706-639-9057",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "BANG",
        "first_name": "JOAN",
        "middle_name": "CATE",
        "credential": "NP",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2019-07-05",
        "last_updated": "2025-05-15",
        "certification_date": "2025-05-15",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Family",
            "state": "GA",
            "license": "RN241243",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "363LF0000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Family",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Jeffrey Scott Balser, M.D.
• Robin S Balser, MD
• Joanna Baltazar Uribe
• Jennifer Bambrough, DPT
• Patricia Maddox Bandy, DDS
• Rachel Dion Banks, D.C.
• Samuel L Banks, MD
• Sarah Banks, RDH
• Philip A Bannor, MD
• Kelli Ruth Banther

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Chattanooga, TN
• Providers in Chattanooga, 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 May 15, 2025; 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.