Melissa Rene Ducotey, APRN

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

226858 Issued in LA

Practice address

1717 Oak Park Blvd FL 2
Lake Charles, LA 70601-8990

Phone

(337) 494-3278

Fax

(337) 494-3240

NPI assigned

Aug 5, 2022

Last updated

Feb 12, 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

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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2022

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Lake Charles Memorial Heart and Vascular CenterGroup PAC ID 4082689914, 15 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Hospital, Lake Charles, LA, CCN 190060

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: mducotey5281963@direct.casso.us.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.

• Lake Charles Memorial Heart and Vascular Center

  dba Heart & Vascular Center

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • NPI 1407808405
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Cardiovascular Specialists of Southwest Louisiana, LLC

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • NPI 1083711006
  NPD (past)
• Lake Charles Medical Services Orthopedics LLC

  dba D Drez MD and S Hofer DO

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • NPI 1639218407
  NPD (past)
• Lake Charles Medical Services, Inc

  dba Iowa Health Center

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • NPI 1003545815
  NPD (past)

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

• Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association Inc

  dba Digestive Health Center of SWLA

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • NPI 1285351411

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association Inc

  dba Rheumatology Associates

  • Rheumatology Physician
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • NPI 1659424075

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association Inc

  dba Lake Charles Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • NPI 1972549855
  Care Compare affiliation

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

{
    "created_epoch": "1659657600000",
    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1739318400000",
    "number": "1124755483",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 122152 DEPT 2152",
            "city": "DALLAS",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "753122152",
            "telephone_number": "337-494-2921",
            "fax_number": "337-494-6523"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1717 OAK PARK BLVD FL 2",
            "city": "LAKE CHARLES",
            "state": "LA",
            "postal_code": "706018990",
            "telephone_number": "337-494-3278",
            "fax_number": "337-494-3240"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "DUCOTEY",
        "first_name": "MELISSA",
        "middle_name": "RENE",
        "name_prefix": "Mrs.",
        "credential": "APRN",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2022-08-05",
        "last_updated": "2025-02-12",
        "certification_date": "2025-02-12",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363LF0000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Family",
            "state": "LA",
            "license": "226858",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Nelson Ray Dronet Jr., B.C.B.A., L.B.A
• Shandora Druilhet
• Robert Michael Duarte, M.D.
• Dubuis Health System, Inc. (Dubuis Hospital of Lake Charles)
• Danielle Ducote
• James H Dufrene Jr., CRNA
• Michael James Dufrene, CRNA
• Tiffany Mary Dufrene, M.D.
• Jennifer Marie Dufresne, FNP-C
• Christine Marie Dugan, DO

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Lake Charles, LA
• Providers in Lake Charles, LA by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Louisiana

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