Merlin W Friesen IV, M.D.

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

01044639 Issued in IN

Practice address

202 Cherry St
Paoli, IN 47454-1108

Phone

(812) 723-3386

NPI assigned

Jan 9, 2006

Last updated

Jul 13, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MN, WI2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

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, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• County of Meeker

  dba Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics - East/West

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Litchfield, MN
  • NPI 1083221816
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Medical Services, Inc

  dba Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Hayward, WI
  • NPI 1912992827
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Spooner Health System, Inc.

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Spooner, WI
  • NPI 1518982628
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Unity Family Healthcare

  dba Little Falls Orthopedics

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Little Falls, MN
  • NPI 1326234006
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Unity Family Healthcare

  dba CHI St. Gabriel's Health

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Little Falls, MN
  • NPI 1780630939
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Medical Services, Inc

  dba Clinic Services of Hayward Area Memorial Hospital

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Hayward, WI
  • NPI 1386316537
  NPD
• Unity Family Healthcare

  dba Family Medical Center

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Little Falls, MN
  • NPI 1275762650
  NPD
• Unity Family Healthcare

  dba CHI Health at Home

  • Home Health Agency
  • Little Falls, MN
  • NPI 1952329047
  NPD
• Indiana University Health Paoli Inc

  dba IU Health Paoli

  • Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
  • Paoli, IN
  • NPI 1457519324
  NPD (past)

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

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    "created_epoch": "1136764800000",
    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1783900800000",
    "number": "1063490001",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "75 E COUNTY ROAD 250 S",
            "city": "PAOLI",
            "state": "IN",
            "postal_code": "474549341",
            "telephone_number": "812-723-3386"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "202 CHERRY ST",
            "city": "PAOLI",
            "state": "IN",
            "postal_code": "474541108",
            "telephone_number": "812-723-3386"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "FRIESEN",
        "first_name": "MERLIN",
        "middle_name": "W",
        "name_suffix": "IV",
        "credential": "M.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-01-09",
        "last_updated": "2026-07-13",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207Q00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Family Medicine",
            "state": "IN",
            "license": "01044639",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Jill Christine Evans, NP
• Wayne L Farley Jr., DO
• Patrick Flaherty, LCSW
• Franklin R Frazier, CRNA
• Brittany Rose Friedman, M.S. CCC-SLP
• Mackenzie Elise Gaw, FNP
• Beth J Gearhart, MD
• Michael Gillis
• Dawson Cole Graber, PHARMD
• Grace Haven Restoration Home Inc

• Family Medicine Physician in Paoli, IN
• Providers in Paoli, IN by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in Indiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 13, 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.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.