Charles L Backus, DO

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X

License

DO1551 Issued in TN

Practice address

273 Highway 11 E
Bulls Gap, TN 37711-3433

Phone

(423) 393-4146

Fax

(423) 393-4377

NPI assigned

Mar 27, 2006

Last updated

Feb 12, 2026By the provider in NPPES

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 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN, VA2 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

Emergency MedicineAlso: Hospitalist

Education

Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1998

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Emmaus Medical and Counseling, PLLCGroup PAC ID 1153673389, 7 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Osteopathy, Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: charles.backus.1@10158.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.

• Emmaus Community Healthcare, PLLC

  dba DBA: Piney Flats Urgent Care

  • General Practice Physician
  • Piney Flats, TN
  • NPI 1356379093
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Emmaus Medical and Counseling, PLLC

  • Addiction Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Bulls Gap, TN
  • NPI 1598256117

  VA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• App of Tennessee Ed, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Maryville, TN
  • NPI 1003230236

  VA

  Medicare reassignment
• Health Express

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Greeneville, TN
  • NPI 1417352618
  Medicare reassignment
• Mobile Occ Med and Wellness, PLLC

  dba Emmaus Medical and Counseling

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Bulls Gap, TN
  • NPI 1104327360
  NPD (past) Authorized official
• Foundation Medical, Inc.

  • Addiction Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Johnson City, TN
  • NPI 1336636158
  NPD (past)
• Johnson City Emergency Physicians, PC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Johnson City, TN
  • NPI 1376557348
  NPD (past)
• Emergency Medicine Associates of Jackson

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Jackson, MS
  • NPI 1043315906
  NPD (past)
• McLemore Emergency Physicians

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Meridian, MS
  • NPI 1427007483
  NPD (past)
• Scott County Drug

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Weber City, VA
  • NPI 1538235296
  NPD (past)
• St. Dominic Jackson Memorial

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Jackson, MS
  • NPI 1235173691
  NPD (past)
• Vicksburg Healthcare LLC

  dba River Region Health System

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Vicksburg, MS
  • NPI 1629084058

  Emergency Medicine

  NPD (past)

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

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            "address_1": "273 HIGHWAY 11 E STE E",
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            "state": "TN",
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            "address_1": "2834 US Highway 23 N",
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            "fax_number": "276-885-0191",
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            "address_1": "1730 Old Gray Station Rd",
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            "telephone_number": "423-202-3008",
            "fax_number": "423-202-7835",
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        "enumeration_date": "2006-03-27",
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}

• Becky Renee Arnold, NP
• BLC Drug, Inc (Campbell's Hometown Pharmacy)
• Jama Bos, PHARMD
• Bulls Gap Medical and Walk in Clinic
• Bulls Gap Pharmacy Inc (Bulls Gap Drugs)
• Laura Ivey Campbell, PHARMD

• Emergency Medicine Physician in Bulls Gap, TN
• Providers in Bulls Gap, TN by specialty
• Emergency Medicine Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 12, 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.