Melissa M Kestler, DNP, FNP-BC

Primary specialty

Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363L00000X

License

LG-0001317 Issued in DE

Practice address

220 Pennsylvania Ave
Seaford, DE 19973-3820

Phone

(410) 391-6131

NPI assigned

Aug 20, 2019

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026By 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 4

Addresses

Other names 1

• Melissa M Gaard Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in DE, MD2 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

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Chesapeake Urology Associates LLCGroup PAC ID 4789673393, shared by 4 NPIs, 161 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc Hospital, Salisbury, MD, CCN 210019
• Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. Hospital, Seaford, DE, CCN 080006
• Beebe Medical Center Hospital, Lewes, DE, CCN 080007
• Atlantic General Hospital Hospital, Berlin, MD, CCN 210061

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: melissa.kestler@1083385994346500.direct.elationemr.com
• Direct secure messaging: melissakestler@tsicua.allscriptsdirect.net

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.

• Chesapeake Urology Associates, LLC

  • Urology Physician
  • Seaford, DE
  • NPI 1043719123
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tidalhealth Physician Network, Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Seaford, DE
  • NPI 1467534636
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Chesapeake Urology Associates, LLC

  dba Chesapeake Oncology Hematology Associates

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Stevensville, MD
  • NPI 1467337337
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tidalhealth Primary Care, LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Salisbury, MD
  • NPI 1104453208

  DE

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Chesapeake Urology Associates LLC

  • Urology Physician
  • Owings Mills, MD
  • NPI 1609823004
  NPD
• Chesapeake Urology Associates, LLC

  • Urology Physician
  • Berlin, MD
  • NPI 1194147835
  NPD

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

• Beebe Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lewes, DE
  • NPI 1821196486
  Care Compare affiliation
• Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Seaford, DE
  • NPI 1245214477
  Care Compare affiliation
• Tidalhealth Atlantic, Inc

  dba Atlantic General Hospital Corp

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Berlin, MD
  • NPI 1053309120
  Care Compare affiliation
• Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Salisbury, MD
  • NPI 1780689463
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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}

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• Kingdom Kare Foundation
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• La Red Health Center, Inc.

• Nurse Practitioner in Seaford, DE
• Providers in Seaford, DE by specialty
• Nurse Practitioner in Delaware

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 30, 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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