Melissa Salani, PA

Primary specialty

Medical Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363AM0700X

License

5601003656 Issued in MI

Practice address

945 Ninth St.
Lake Linden, MI 49945-1569

Phone

(906) 483-1030

Fax

(906) 296-0521

NPI assigned

Apr 4, 2007

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 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MI

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, 2001

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Aspirus KeweenawGroup PAC ID 8123912011, shared by 7 NPIs, 116 clinicians

Upper Great Lakes Family Health CenterGroup PAC ID 1951432384, 41 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Up Health System Home Care and Hospice Portage Home health agency, Houghton, MI, CCN 237262
• Aspirus at Home Home health agency, Hancock, MI, CCN 237212
• Up Health System Portage Hospital, Hancock, MI, CCN 230108
• Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics Hospital, Laurium, MI, CCN 231319
• Uphs Marquette DLP Hospital Hospital, Marquette, MI, CCN 230054

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: melissa.salani@uglfhc.eclinicaldirectplus.com

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.

• Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Gwinn, MI
  • NPI 1700103777

  MI

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD (past)
• Portage Physician Practices Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Hancock, MI
  • NPI 1225461684

  MI

  Medicare reassignment
• Portage Physician Practices Inc

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Calumet, MI
  • NPI 1164106910
  NPD
• Portage Physician Practices Inc

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Houghton, MI
  • NPI 1376229419
  NPD
• Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Laurium, MI
  • NPI 1114788619
  NPD
• Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Gwinn, MI
  • NPI 1164893491
  NPD
• Portage Health Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hancock, MI
  • NPI 1821128968
  NPD (past)
• Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Lake Linden, MI
  • NPI 1740603885
  NPD (past)

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

• Aspirus Keweenaw

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Ontonagon, MI
  • NPI 1023161932

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Aspirus Keweenaw

  • Pharmacy
  • Ontonagon, MI
  • NPI 1104516376

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Aspirus Keweenaw

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Laurium, MI
  • NPI 1326115569

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Aspirus Vna Home Health, Inc.

  • Home Health Agency
  • Hancock, MI
  • NPI 1578798401
  Care Compare affiliation
• DLP Marquette General Hospital LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Marquette, MI
  • NPI 1568727048

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Michigan in-Home Partner-III, LLC

  • Home Health Agency
  • Houghton, MI
  • NPI 1942749726
  Care Compare affiliation
• Portage Hospital LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hancock, MI
  • NPI 1245667229

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "state": "MI",
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            "telephone_number": "906-483-1030",
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• Shelby Marie Owens, MD
• Portage Health
• Portage Health Inc.
• Portage Physician Practices Inc
• Nonie Darlene Riutta, RN
• Taylor Marie Shepeard, PHARMD
• Wendy Stuffle
• Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center
• Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center

• Medical Physician Assistant in Lake Linden, MI
• Providers in Lake Linden, MI by specialty
• Medical Physician Assistant in Michigan

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 14, 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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