Dr. Paul Benjamin Pruett, MD

Dr. Pruett practices at Tennessee Valley Eye Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dr. Pruett's NPI, 1164611513, was assigned on October 22, 2007. Dr. Pruett graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Pruett holds Tennessee license 51282.

Dr. Pruett's primary practice is Tennessee Valley Eye Center, at 140 Capital Dr, Knoxville, TN 37922 in Knox County. The practice phone is (865) 251-0338.

Dr. Pruett's primary practice is Tennessee Valley Eye Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dmand AI also links Dr. Pruett to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Pruett practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Glaucoma specialist is Dr. Pruett's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207WX0009X. Dmand AI has Dr. Pruett's licenses on file in 2 states: Tennessee and Georgia.

CMS data shows 5,693 Medicare services from Dr. Pruett across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,509 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $393,205 for them.

CMS counts 1,509 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Pruett in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 619 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.12, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Pruett's median patient age at 76, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Pruett wrote 11,563 Medicare Part D claims for 1,713 patients. 74% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11,412 of them, across 34 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $844,376 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 9,741 claims across 34 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Pruett for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Pruett accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 242 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Pruett, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Pruett in 2015. The most frequent topics are Endophthalmitis, Glaucoma and Glaucoma Drainage Implants. Dr. Pruett's most frequent co-authors are Anastasios P. Costarides, MD and Annette Lynn Giangiacomo, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 392 general payments to Dr. Pruett from 35 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education speaker fees make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Bausch Health Americas, Inc. paid the most, $57,324.

Dr. Pruett graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 2004.