Dr. Paul R. Branca, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 373
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 177
- Part D claims, 2024
- 157
- Publications
- 3
- Clinical trials
- 2
- Practice address
- 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920
- Practice phone
- Call (865) 305-9000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Paul R. Branca is a pulmonologist in Knoxville, Tennessee
Dr. Branca practices at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Ut Medical.
Dr. Branca's NPI, 1700893252, was assigned on August 1, 2006. Dr. Branca graduated from University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Branca holds Tennessee license 29601.
- NPI
- 1700893252NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1254307077
- NPI enumeration date
- August 1, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (865) 305-9000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 58
- Medical school graduation
- 1994
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Paul R. Branca practices at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee
Dr. Branca's primary practice is The University of Tennessee Medical Center, at 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920 in Knox County. The practice phone is (865) 305-9000.
- The University of Tennessee Medical Center1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920 · Knox CountyPhone(865) 305-9000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Paul R. Branca is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Branca's primary practice is The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Ut Medical. The medical group on file is UT Internal Medicine - Pellissippi. Dmand AI also links Dr. Branca to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Paul R. Branca's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Branca practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| The University of Tennessee Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Paul R. Branca is one of 332 pulmonologists in Tennessee
Pulmonary disease is Dr. Branca's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Branca is licensed in Tennessee.
Specialties and state licenses
- Pulmonary disease, TennesseePrimary
Pulmonologists near Dr. Branca
Counts of pulmonologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Paul R. Branca billed Medicare for 373 services in 2024
CMS data shows 373 Medicare services from Dr. Branca across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 177 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $28,721 for them.
Dr. Branca's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2122024: 18811%
- Surgery
- 2023: 172024: 97471%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 02024: 77
- Imaging
- 2023: 02024: 11
Where Dr. Branca's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office277%
- In a facility34693%
Dr. Branca compared with the Tennessee median for pulmonologists, 2024
- Dr. Branca
- Tennessee median
- Medicare services
- 373vs 75451% below
- Medicare patients
- 177vs 28337% below
- Part D claims
- 106vs 46677% below
Medians across 326 pulmonologists in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Branca's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Paul R. Branca treated 177 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 177 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Branca in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 76 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.40, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Branca's median patient age at 70, with 52% women.
Dr. Branca's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Branca's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women8548%
- Men9252%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Branca's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease51%
- COPD50%
- Arthritis49%
- Chronic kidney disease37%
- Heart failure37%
- Atrial fibrillation36%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Branca's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 70
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women52%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Paul R. Branca wrote 157 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Branca wrote 157 Medicare Part D claims for 34 patients. 37% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 106 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $55,774 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 79 claims across 5 drugs.
Dr. Branca's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic58 claims37%
- Brand-name99 claims63%
Dr. Branca's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Branca's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics8%12 of 157 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 792024: 10634%
Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 5 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Paul R. Branca scored 96 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 96 out of 100 for Dr. Branca for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Branca accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Branca's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 96of 100Final score
- 86.2of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Paul R. Branca has 3 publications on record
Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Branca, published from 2011 to 2025.
Dr. Branca's papers by year, 2011 to 2025
Recent publications by Dr. Branca
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Paul R. Branca has worked on 2 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Branca to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Pulmonary Emphysema, Shock, Septic and Emphysema.
Conditions in Dr. Branca's trials
- Pulmonary Emphysema
- Shock, Septic
- Emphysema
- Shock
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Branca
- Muhanned A. Abu-Hijleh, MD1 shared trial
- Roberto Fernando Casal, MD1 shared trial
- Christopher Brian Cooper, MD1 shared trial
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Branca
Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone Versus Hydrocortisone Alone in Critically Ill Medical Patients With Septic Shock (opens in a new tab)
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Paul R. Branca received $10,113 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 276 general payments to Dr. Branca from 49 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $3,542.
General payments to Dr. Branca by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Branca by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$5,90358%
- Education$3,03430%
- Travel and lodging$1,17612%
Companies that paid Dr. Branca the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Paul R. Branca graduated from University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Branca graduated from University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine in 1994.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Paul R. Branca's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Paul R. Branca's NPI number?
Dr. Paul R. Branca's NPI number is 1700893252. It was assigned on August 1, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Paul R. Branca?
Dr. Paul R. Branca is a pulmonologist in Knoxville, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).
Where does Dr. Paul R. Branca practice?
Dr. Branca practices at 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Dr. Branca's primary practice is The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Ut Medical. Dmand AI also links Dr. Branca to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Paul R. Branca's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Branca is (865) 305-9000.
What is Dr. Paul R. Branca's medical license number?
Dr. Branca holds Tennessee license 29601.
Which hospitals is Dr. Paul R. Branca affiliated with?
Dr. Branca practices at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
What medical group is Dr. Paul R. Branca part of?
Dr. Branca is linked to UT Internal Medicine - Pellissippi. Dmand AI links Dr. Branca to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Paul R. Branca accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Branca billed Medicare for 373 services in 2024, and Dr. Branca accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Paul R. Branca's MIPS score?
Dr. Branca's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 96 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Paul R. Branca see?
CMS counts 177 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Branca in 2024, with an average age of 73.
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What services does Dr. Paul R. Branca bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Branca's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), critical care (99291) and hospital inpatient care (99223).
Where did Dr. Paul R. Branca go to medical school?
Dr. Branca graduated from University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine in 1994.
What drugs does Dr. Paul R. Branca prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Branca's most prescribed drugs by claims were Trelegy Ellipta, Albuterol Sulfate Hfa and Spiriva Respimat.
Has Dr. Paul R. Branca received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $10,113 in general payments to Dr. Branca from 49 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Paul R. Branca been practicing?
Dr. Branca graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.
Does Dr. Paul R. Branca do research?
Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Branca, published from 2011 to 2025. Dr. Branca has worked on 2 clinical trials.
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