Melinda Rae Karam, CRNA

Primary specialty

Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X

License

AP121130 Issued in TX

Practice address

1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030-4000

Phone

(713) 792-6161

NPI assigned

Nov 19, 2011

Last updated

Aug 19, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Melinda Rae Keyhani Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)

Education

Other, 2011

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Physicians Referral ServiceGroup PAC ID 7911801410, 2,728 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center Hospital, Houston, TX, CCN 450076

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.29 of 100Reported as group

Quality

70.82

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

67.65

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: mkeyhani13310@utmdandersoncc.direct-ci.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.

• Physicians Referral Service

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1073574810
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD

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

• University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1174582050
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Jana Karam, MD
• Jose Antonio Karam, MD
• Lina B Karam, MD
• Lucia Karam, DDS
• Maher Afif Karam, M.D.
• Ara Karamanian
• Tanya Karamchandani, PHD
• Reem Karami, MD
• Maasoumah Karamimoghadam
• Karan S Bhalla MD PLLC

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Houston, TX
• Providers in Houston, TX by specialty
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 19, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• 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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