Melissa Rainsford, CRNA

Primary specialty

Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X

License

RN231995 Issued in GA

Practice address

3651 Wheeler Rd
Augusta, GA 30909-6521

Phone

(706) 533-4601

NPI assigned

Nov 20, 2015

Last updated

Oct 22, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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 GA

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)

Education

Other, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Piedmont Anesthesia LLCGroup PAC ID 2163837972, 555 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Piedmont Augusta Hospital Hospital, Augusta, GA, CCN 110028

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Certified Registered Nurse

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Piedmont Anesthesia LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Stockbridge, GA
  • NPI 1700474244
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Anesthesia Consultants of Augusta, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Augusta, GA
  • NPI 1881877793
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Au Medical Associates Anesthesia Billing Services, LLC

  dba MCG Anesthesiology Financial Services

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Augusta, GA
  • NPI 1801843933
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Mulkey Anesthesiology Associates LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Austell, GA
  • NPI 1417288069
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Interventional Spine and Pain Management Ambulatory Surgical Center

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Conyers, GA
  • NPI 1750420147
  NPD
• Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Augusta, GA
  • NPI 1265482582
  NPD (past)
• Gastroenterology Consultants of Augusta, PC

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Evans, GA
  • NPI 1508089137
  NPD (past)

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

• University Health Services,Inc

  dba Piedmont Augusta Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Augusta, GA
  • NPI 1588665566
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1215301718",
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "5995 EDGEFIELD RD",
            "city": "TRENTON",
            "state": "SC",
            "postal_code": "298472930"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
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            "city": "AUGUSTA",
            "state": "GA",
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            "telephone_number": "706-533-4601"
        }
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "first_name": "MELISSA",
        "name_prefix": "Mrs.",
        "credential": "CRNA",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2015-11-20",
        "last_updated": "2025-10-22",
        "certification_date": "2025-10-22",
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        }
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• Shannon Robert Rainey, M.D.
• Rainge Family Dental, PC
• Louvenia Annette Rainge, D.M.D.
• Ashley Rainwater, RD, LD
• Rohit K. Raj, M.D.
• James Raley, M.D.
• Shruthi Ramachandran, MD
• Anthony S Ramage, DO

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Augusta, GA
• Providers in Augusta, GA by specialty
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 22, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• 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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