Ernest Brian Kemp, M.D.

Primary specialty

Infectious Disease PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RI0200X

License

27166 Issued in TN

Practice address

501 19TH Street
Trustees Tower, Suite 600
Knoxville, TN 37916

Phone

(865) 331-9160

Fax

(865) 374-2203

NPI assigned

Jan 10, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

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: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Infectious Disease

Education

Medical College of Ohio, 1985

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Covenant Medical Group IncGroup PAC ID 2860305463, 363 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, TN, CCN 440034
• Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Hospital, Knoxville, TN, CCN 440125

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kemp.ernest.b@covenanthealth.cernerdirect.com

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

• Covenant Medical Group, Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Knoxville, TN
  • NPI 1457302010
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Covenant Medical Group, Inc

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Knoxville, TN
  • NPI 1871269415

  Infectious Disease

  NPD
• East Tennessee Nephrology PC

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Knoxville, TN
  • NPI 1083622526
  NPD (past)

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

• Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Knoxville, TN
  • NPI 1942294814
  Care Compare affiliation
• Methodist Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Oak Ridge, TN
  • NPI 1700870672
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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        "enumeration_date": "2006-01-10",
        "last_updated": "2025-06-13",
        "certification_date": "2021-07-19",
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            "affiliation": "N",
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            "state": "TN",
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• Sandra Kelso
• Melissa Gail Magsipoc Kemink, D.D.S.
• Rebecca Kendra Kemmet, MD
• Inga Della Kemnitz, MSW
• Andgrea Kemp, M.ED.
• Neale Kemp, M.S. CCC-SLP
• Aaron Kendall, PT
• Ross S Kendall, MD
• Andrea Wolfer Kendrick, RD, LDN
• Shannon Lynn Kendrick, DPT

• Infectious Disease Physician in Knoxville, TN
• Providers in Knoxville, TN by specialty
• Infectious Disease Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 13, 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.

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