Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C

Primary specialty

Medical Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363AM0700X

License

329477 Issued in LA

Practice address

1635 Marvel St
Coushatta, LA 71019-9022

Phone

(318) 294-4498

NPI assigned

Oct 5, 2021

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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in LA

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 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2021

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Coushatta ER PhysiciansGroup PAC ID 2860629631, 4 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Christus Coushatta Health Care Center Hospital, Coushatta, LA, CCN 191312
• Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System Hospital, Shreveport, LA, CCN 190041

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Coushatta ER Physicians

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Coushatta, LA
  • NPI 1427480680

  LA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Arklatex Medical Consultants a Medical Corporation

  • Interventional Pain Medicine Physician
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1710466628

  LA

  Medicare reassignment
• Christus Health Central Louisiana

  • Critical Access Hospital Clinic/Center
  • Coushatta, LA
  • NPI 1871584722

  LA

  Medicare reassignment
• Christus Health Central Louisiana

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Alexandria, LA
  • NPI 1639160799
  NPD

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

• Christus Health Central Louisiana

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Coushatta, LA
  • NPI 1205824208

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Christus Health Northern Louisiana

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1417950106

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "state": "LA",
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        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
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        "enumeration_date": "2021-10-05",
        "last_updated": "2026-05-12",
        "certification_date": "2026-05-12",
        "status": "A"
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• Department of Health & Hospitals
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• Claire Elise Endris
• Esther M. Holloway, M.D., Apmc
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• Shannon Stewart Gresham, M.S., L.A.C.
• Macy Guin
• Sarah Herbel, MD

• All providers in Coushatta, LA
• Medical Physician Assistant in Louisiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 12, 2026; 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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