Rachel Cara Smith, PA

Primary specialty

Surgical Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363AS0400X

License

5942 Issued in TN

Practice address

2400 Patterson St Ste 300
Nashville, TN 37203-1558

Phone

(615) 342-6300

NPI assigned

Oct 15, 2015

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 4

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NY, NC, TN3 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 3

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Premier Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine PLCGroup PAC ID 9032023320, 39 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tristar Skyline Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440006
• Tristar Centennial Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440161

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: rachel.smith.1@321.direct.athenahealth.com
• Direct secure messaging: rsmith102181@capefearvalley.direct-ci.com
• FHIR API: https://fhir.nextgen.com/nge/prod/fhir-api-r4/fhir/r4/
• Direct secure messaging: rachel.smithpa.p1@direct.capefearortho.nextgenshare.com
• Direct secure messaging: rachel.smithpac.d1.p1@direct.capefearortho.nextgenshare.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.

• Premier Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine PLC

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1972577351
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD (past)
• Cape Fear Orthopaedic Clinic, PA

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • NPI 1245204494

  Surgical

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Cumberland County Hospital System Inc

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • NPI 1881946242
  Medicare reassignment
• General Physician, PC

  • General Practice Physician
  • Dunkirk, NY
  • NPI 1093959322
  Medicare reassignment
• Southeastern Regional Physician Services

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Lumberton, NC
  • NPI 1427282045
  Medicare reassignment
• Kenneth Scott Zimmerman, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Williamsville, NY
  • NPI 1992756969
  Medicare reassignment
• Premier Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, PLC

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Hendersonville, TN
  • NPI 1639582398
  NPD
• Premier Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, PLC

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Murfreesboro, TN
  • NPI 1861029084
  NPD
• Cumberland County Hospital System Inc

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • NPI 1316486640
  NPD
• Southeastern Regional Physician Services

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Lumberton, NC
  • NPI 1265165518
  NPD
• Southeastern Regional Physician Services

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lumberton, NC
  • NPI 1699266742
  NPD
• Kenneth S. Zimmerman, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Williamsville, NY
  • NPI 1235510181
  NPD (past)

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

• HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1023055126
  Care Compare affiliation
• Hti Memorial Hospital Corporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1295780476
  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": "1754352000000",
    "number": "1881065845",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 370",
            "city": "FORTSON",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "318080370"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "address_1": "2400 PATTERSON ST STE 300",
            "city": "NASHVILLE",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "372031558",
            "telephone_number": "615-342-6300"
        }
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    "practiceLocations": [
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        }
    ],
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        "first_name": "RACHEL",
        "middle_name": "CARA",
        "credential": "PA",
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        "enumeration_date": "2015-10-15",
        "last_updated": "2025-08-05",
        "certification_date": "2025-08-05",
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    "identifiers": [],
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    "other_names": []
}

• Paul Smith, CRNA
• Paul S Smith, EDD
• Penny R Smith, RN
• R Lauren Smith, FNP
• Rachel Smith, APN
• Rachel Diane Smith, RN
• Rachel Eloise Smith, PA-C
• Rae Ann Smith
• Randall Bruce Smith, FNP-BC
• Renee Louise Smith, RN

• Surgical Physician Assistant in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Surgical Physician Assistant in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 5, 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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