Tamara Nicole Upchurch, AGPCNP-BC

Primary specialty

Community Based Hospice Care AgencyTaxonomy code 251G00000X

License

1189550 Issued in TX

Practice address

5803 Stoneridge Dr
Texarkana, TX 75503-1461

Phone

(888) 725-5422

Fax

(903) 501-1100

NPI assigned

Jan 29, 2025

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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

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, 2024

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Pallicare, IncGroup PAC ID 8123429925, 85 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Ut Health East Texas Home Health Services Home health agency, Athens, TX, CCN 677586
• Ut Health East Texas Quitman Hospital Hospital, Quitman, TX, CCN 451380

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: tamara.upchurch.1@26850.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.

• Pallicare, Inc

  • Community Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Texarkana, TX
  • NPI 1316511884
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Eh Home Health of East Texas, LLC

  dba Enhabit Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Texarkana, TX
  • NPI 1457807273

  Hospice Care, Community Based

  NPD (past)

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

• East Texas Home Health Services LLC

  dba UT Health East Texas Home Health Services

  • Home Health Agency
  • Athens, TX
  • NPI 1760980668
  Care Compare affiliation
• Quitman Hospital LLC

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Quitman, TX
  • NPI 1477061885
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1689487050",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1125 COUNTY ROAD 1660",
            "city": "ALBA",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "754105522",
            "telephone_number": "903-497-7846"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
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            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "5803 STONERIDGE DR",
            "city": "TEXARKANA",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "755031461",
            "telephone_number": "888-725-5422",
            "fax_number": "903-501-1100"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "724 W SW Loop 323 Ste C",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Tyler",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "757019409",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "903-405-3853",
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        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "UPCHURCH",
        "first_name": "TAMARA",
        "middle_name": "NICOLE",
        "name_prefix": "Mrs.",
        "credential": "AGPCNP-BC",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-01-29",
        "last_updated": "2026-01-17",
        "certification_date": "2026-01-17",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
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            "code": "363LG0600X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Gerontology",
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            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "251G00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

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• TXK Chiropractic
• TXK Chiropractic Corp.
• TXK Clinic LLC (Texarkana Pain Management Center)
• Union Emergency Physicians, PLLC
• Urology Associates of Texarkana, PA
• Urology Surgery Center of Texarkana (Specialty Day Surgery Center)
• Kashetu Usman, PHARMD
• William K Vahle, LCDC
• Sheryl Frizzell Vaitkus

• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Texarkana, TX
• Providers in Texarkana, TX by specialty
• Community Based Hospice Care Agency in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 17, 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.

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