Melanie L Dryden, ARNP-C

Primary specialty

Primary Care Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LP2300X

License

APRN9204461 Issued in FL

Practice address

131 S Citrus Ave Ste 201
Inverness, FL 34452-4701

Phone

(352) 726-7667

Fax

(352) 726-8193

NPI assigned

Nov 29, 2010

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Citrus Specialty Group IncGroup PAC ID 8022331255, 14 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• HCA Florida Citrus Hospital Hospital, Inverness, FL, CCN 100023

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.82 of 100Reported as group

Quality

86.91

Promoting interoperability

99

Improvement activities

40

Cost

74.29

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network
• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network

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.

• Citrus Specialty Group, Inc

  • Surgery Physician
  • Inverness, FL
  • NPI 1437552858
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Community Hospital Family Practice LLC

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Brooksville, FL
  • NPI 1902094857
  NPD (past)

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

• Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Inverness, FL
  • NPI 1750780342
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in Inverness, FL
• Providers in Inverness, FL by specialty
• Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 3, 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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