Merline Covington, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP

Primary specialty

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LP0808X

License

2023193280 Issued in CA

Practice address

901 Sunset Dr Ste 4
Hollister, CA 95023-5613

Phone

(831) 266-4505

NPI assigned

Nov 5, 2019

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

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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, 2023

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Native American Mental Health Services CorporationGroup PAC ID 5395072490, 62 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

99.64 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

86.27

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

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.

• Native American Mental Health Services Corporation

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Redding, CA
  • NPI 1073919171
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group

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

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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "414 4TH ST STE D",
            "city": "WOODLAND",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "956954000",
            "telephone_number": "530-406-7993"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "901 SUNSET DR STE 4",
            "city": "HOLLISTER",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950235613",
            "telephone_number": "831-266-4505"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "450 Lincoln Ave Ste 101",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Salinas",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "939012652",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "831-269-5288",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        },
        {
            "address_1": "414 4th St Ste D",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Woodland",
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        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "COVINGTON",
        "first_name": "MERLINE",
        "credential": "DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2019-11-05",
        "last_updated": "2025-11-09",
        "certification_date": "2025-11-09",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric/Mental Health",
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            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
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}

• Daniel Coughlin, LMFT
• County of San Benito
• County of San Benito
• County of San Benito Behavioral Health
• Court Appointed Special Advocates of San Benito County
• David Shan Crockett, MD
• Marian Crockett, R.D.
• Gabrielle Nicole Cross
• Ashley Erin Cruz, RN
• Guillermo Cuevas, PT

• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Hollister, CA
• Providers in Hollister, CA by specialty
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 9, 2025; 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.