Individual provider Active NPI

Melissa K Nicholas, PA-C

  • Medical Physician Assistant
  • Houston, TX
National Provider Identifier
1215197694
Registry record updated Sep 22, 2009
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Medical Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363AM0700X
License
PA06018 Issued in TX
Practice address
3450 FM 1960 West
Houston, TX 76042-2435
Phone
(281) 444-1738
Fax
(281) 444-3084
NPI assigned
Jun 10, 2008
Sex
Female
Sole proprietor
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Sep 22, 2009

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X PA06018 TX Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

3450 FM 1960 West
Houston, TX 76042-2435

Mailing address

1700 West Loop South
Ste 400B
Houston, TX 77027-3005
Phone (713) 277-2222

Medicare participation

Medicare enrollment files
Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
Enrolled in WA, TX2 enrollments
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 2

Enrollment IDStateProvider typePAC IDDetails
I20080818000558 WA Practitioner - Physician Assistant 5193890655 Reassigns benefits to 1 organization
I20090806000186 TX Practitioner - Physician Assistant 5193890655 Reassigns benefits to 2 organizations

Care Compare profile

Medicare Care Compare
Specialty
Physician Assistant
Education
Other, 2006
Medicare assignment
May accept Medicare assignment
Group practices
Yakima Valley Dermatology Inc PSGroup PAC ID 9830081470, 8 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

3911 Castlevale Rd
Yakima, WA 98902-7807
Phone (509) 966-7899

Hospital & facility affiliations

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score
83.97 of 100Reported as group
Quality
76.91
Promoting interoperability
91
Improvement activities
40
Cost
77.16

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score
91.96 of 100Reported as group
Quality
100
Promoting interoperability
100
Improvement activities
40
Cost
73.19

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory
Medicare enrollment (NPD)
Enrolled
Credentials
Physician Assistant

State licenses

LicenseStateTypeSpecialty
PA06018TXMDMedical Physician Assistant

Practice roles

OrganizationSpecialtyStatusNew patients
Ross Dermatology PastSince Oct 12, 2025 Accepting new patients

Interoperability endpoints

  • Direct secure messaging: melissan@valley.emadirect.md

Organizations & group practices 4

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.

Hospital & facility affiliations 1

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

NPI Registry JSON

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1253577600000",
    "number": "1215197694",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1700 WEST LOOP SOUTH",
            "address_2": "STE 400B",
            "city": "HOUSTON",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "770273005",
            "telephone_number": "713-277-2222",
            "fax_number": "210-703-0934"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "3450 FM 1960 WEST",
            "city": "HOUSTON",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "760422435",
            "telephone_number": "281-444-1738",
            "fax_number": "281-444-3084"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "NICHOLAS",
        "first_name": "MELISSA",
        "middle_name": "K",
        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2008-06-10",
        "last_updated": "2009-09-22",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363AM0700X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant, Medical",
            "state": "TX",
            "license": "PA06018",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

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