Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants

What Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants does

The Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants (TAPA) is a professional membership organization founded in 1977 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the sole statewide association exclusively representing Physician Assistants (PAs) in Tennessee, with a stated mission centered on state-level legislative advocacy, continuing medical education (CME), practice compliance support, and member networking across five regional chapters (Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Tri-Cities). TAPA also serves PA students enrolled in Tennessee's nine ARC-PA accredited programs and prospective PAs through Pre-PA memberships and Tennessee PA Foundation scholarships.

TAPA's core digital products include a self-service membership portal (tnpa.memberclicks.net), an online CME catalog (tnpa.mclms.net), and a proprietary web-based PA Protocol Tool (protocol.tnpa.com). The Protocol Tool, built by PAs who previously served on Tennessee's regulatory body and hosted on DigitalOcean infrastructure, helps PAs create and maintain physician collaboration protocols required under Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners Rule 0880-03-.10. It is offered with tiered individual and practice-group subscriptions and is TAPA's most differentiated technology asset. The organization operates with 1-10 employees under a Board of Directors governance structure.

Revenue is derived from five primary streams: (1) annual membership dues across Fellow, Sustaining, Student, Affiliate, Retired, and Pre-PA tiers; (2) recurring Protocol Tool subscriptions ($100 individual member, $300 non-member, $350-$1,000+ for practice groups); (3) conference registration fees from FallFest (in-person, October; 50th edition in 2026 at Sheraton Music City, Nashville) and Spring Fling (virtual, March); (4) affiliate commissions and partner revenue from Blox (clinical decision support app with AI chat) and Life+Limb Rx (MSK education); and (5) third-party CME advertising at $500 per event. TAPA is geographically constrained to Tennessee, with no disclosed out-of-state expansion plans, and is funded entirely through membership dues, conference fees, and charitable contributions — no equity funding rounds exist.

Name

Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants

Legal name

Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants

Website

https://tnpa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants (TAPA) is a 1977-founded, Nashville-based professional membership organization that is the sole statewide body advocating for, educating, and providing compliance tools to Physician Assistants, PA students, and pre-PA students in Tennessee.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues from PAs in various categories including Fellow, Sustaining, Student, Affiliate, Retired, and Pre-PA Student members. Many employers pay for membership dues as an employment benefit.
2. Protocol Tool Subscriptions: Revenue from the PA Protocol Preparation System, with pricing tiers for individual TAPA members ($100), non-members ($300), and practice groups ($350-$1,000+ based on size).
3. CME Conference Registration: Revenue from annual conferences including FallFest (fall) and Spring Fling (spring), with discounted rates for TAPA members.
4. Partner Discounts and Commissions: Revenue from partner relationships including Blox and Life+Limb Rx, where TAPA members receive exclusive pricing and TAPA may receive referral commissions or partnership benefits.
5. Third-Party CME Advertising: Fees charged to third parties to advertise CME events on TAPA's calendar, eblast, and Facebook page ($500 per event).

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Core offering

TAPA is the state-level professional membership organization for Physician Assistants in Tennessee, providing annual membership services, state-level legislative and regulatory advocacy, continuing medical education through two annual conferences (FallFest and Spring Fling) plus an online CME catalog, legal consultation and employment contract review, reimbursement support, and a proprietary web-based PA Protocol Preparation System to help PAs maintain required practice protocols under Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners rules.

Product overview

TAPA operates primarily as a professional membership organization rather than a software product company. Its core digital offerings include the TAPA Website (tnpa.com) serving as the main portal for membership, CME information, and member services; the PA Protocol Tool (protocol.tnpa.com), a web-based protocol preparation system for Tennessee PAs to create and maintain practice protocols; and an Online CME Catalog providing recorded conference lectures for continuing education. The organization hosts two major annual conferences—Spring Fling (virtual) and FallFest (in-person)—which serve as primary CME delivery channels. TAPA also offers partnership products including the Blox clinical decision support app and Life + Limb Rx MSK education platform, available at discounted rates to TAPA members. Supporting offerings include a job board, the PA Pulse newsletter, and Tennessee PA Foundation scholarships for PA students.

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Products and services

• TAPA Professional Membership Annual professional membership for licensed Physician Assistants, PA students, pre-PA students, and affiliate healthcare providers in Tennessee, providing access to advocacy, CME discounts, legal consultation, the PA Protocol Tool discount, networking, and member-only communications.
• FallFest Annual CME Conference

Quantifiable outcome

• PAs receive 100 hours of CME every two years through TAPA conferences and the Online CME Catalog
• +1 more outcomes

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Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BloxcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBlox is a clinical decision support app built by practicing PAs for providers in primary care, urgent care, and fast track ER. The partnership provides TAPA members with: fast evidence-based answers at point of care, high-yield guidance for 200+ common diagnoses, up to 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit hours per year earned through app usage, and Blox IQ AI clinical chat. TAPA members receive a free one-month trial of Blox+ with 2 free CME hours.
• Life+Limb RxcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLife+Limb Rx provides high-yield MSK (musculoskeletal) education for Tennessee PAs including written content (History, Exam, Diagnostics, Treatment), physical exam technique videos, X-ray interpretation guides, DME & bracing tutorials, and ICD-10 coding support. TAPA members receive 10% discount: Premium $357/year (standard $397), Basic $234/year (standard $260).
• HPSO (Healthcare Professionals Insurance)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerHPSO provides professional liability insurance (physician assistant malpractice insurance) for PAs. Listed as a TAPA Partner offering services to members.
• AAPA (American Academy of Physician Assistants)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational PA organization that is the accrediting body for TAPA conferences under AAPA CME Criteria. TAPA Fellow members must be AAPA members in good standing. TAPA Board sends delegates to AAPA House of Delegates meetings.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants: Pennsylvania state PA society providing CME, advocacy, and member services. Closely analogous to TAPA in mission and operating model.
• New York State Society of Physician Assistants: New York state PA society running CME conferences, advocacy, and member benefits. Direct functional peer to TAPA in a different state.
• Texas Academy of Physician Assistants: State-level PA chapter in Texas with the same membership, CME, advocacy, and conference model as TAPA. Highly comparable in product, audience, and revenue mix, but operating in a different state.
• North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants: North Carolina's state PA chapter providing advocacy, CME, and member services. Same operating model as TAPA in a different southeastern market.
• Florida Academy of Physician Assistants: Florida state PA chapter offering membership, CME conferences, and legislative advocacy for PAs — same organizational structure and value proposition as TAPA, in a different geography.
• Georgia Association of Physician Assistants: Georgia state PA association offering membership, advocacy, and conferences. Comparable peer to TAPA with same value proposition in a neighboring southeastern state.
• California Academy of Physician Assistants: California's PA state chapter providing advocacy, CME, and member services to PAs. Mirrors TAPA's mission and operating model at larger scale in a different state.

Others

• Tennessee Medical Association: Tennessee's statewide professional association for physicians. Operates a similar advocacy, CME, and membership model for a related but distinct healthcare profession in the same geography.
• American Medical Association: National professional association for physicians. Shares the professional-membership, CME, and legislative-advocacy model with TAPA, but serves physicians rather than PAs at national scale.

Broad incumbents

• American Academy of Physician Assistants: National professional society for PAs that accredits TAPA's CME conferences, sets Fellow membership requirements, and operates state-chapter governance through a House of Delegates. Comparable as the umbrella membership and advocacy body serving the same PA constituency at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PartnersForPatients
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tennessee-academy-of-physician-assistants

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