Melanie Banks, LMHC, LPC

Primary specialty

Mental Health CounselorTaxonomy code 101YM0800X

License

LMHC10000498 Issued in MA

Practice address

165 Middlesex Ave # 1078
Somerville, MA 02145-1105

Phone

(508) 203-7780

NPI assigned

May 4, 2021

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: No
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Mental Health Counselor

Education

Other, 2019

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: mbanks118562@direct.challiance.masshiway.net

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.

• Cambridge Public Health Commission

  dba Cambridge Health Alliance

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cambridge, MA
  • NPI 1487603585
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Cambridge Public Health Commission

  dba Cambridge Health Alliance

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cambridge, MA
  • NPI 1932313228
  NPD

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

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            "city": "SOMERVILLE",
            "state": "MA",
            "postal_code": "021451105",
            "telephone_number": "508-203-7780"
        },
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "first_name": "MELANIE",
        "credential": "LMHC, LPC",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2021-05-04",
        "last_updated": "2025-04-21",
        "certification_date": "2025-04-21",
        "status": "A"
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• Richard B Balaban, M.D.
• Elijah Balan
• Balance & Perspective Counseling, PLLC
• Denise Marie Balian, OTR
• Anita L Ballou, R.PH.
• Sarah Bansen, APRN
• Katherine Frances Baratta, PT DPT
• Jessie Barbosa
• Erin Michelle Barcellos
• Jacklyn Barnicle, MSW

• Mental Health Counselor in Somerville, MA
• Providers in Somerville, MA by specialty
• Mental Health Counselor in Massachusetts

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 21, 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.

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