Melissa Sterling Smith, APRN-CNP

Primary specialty

Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363L00000X

License

241892 Issued in LA

Practice address

52579 Highway 51 S
Independence, LA 70443-2231

Phone

(985) 974-6158

NPI assigned

Jun 19, 2025

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 LA

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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2025

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Van Meter Emergency Physicians Inc. ApmcGroup PAC ID 4981761590, 26 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

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 and National Provider Directory roles.

• Van Meter Emergency Physicians Inc. Apmc

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1649410697
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans Faculty

  dba LSU ED Billing

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1275984973
  Medicare reassignment
• Signify Health, LLC

  • General Practice Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1689158487

  LA

  Medicare reassignment
• Truhealth, LLC

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Parsons, TN
  • NPI 1063843951
  NPD

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

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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "51470 SIMMONS RD",
            "city": "LORANGER",
            "state": "LA",
            "postal_code": "704462440",
            "telephone_number": "985-974-6158"
        },
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "last_name": "SMITH",
        "first_name": "MELISSA",
        "middle_name": "STERLING",
        "credential": "APRN-CNP",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-06-19",
        "last_updated": "2025-06-20",
        "certification_date": "2025-06-20",
        "status": "A"
    },
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• Alex Darrell Sharpless, DDS
• Mohammed Asif Sheikh, MD
• Malaina Pickering Sibley, FNP
• Heather Simmons, MS
• Sjlbmb, Inc
• Southeast Community Health Systems
• Southeast Community Health Systems
• Tangipahoa Emergency Group LLC
• Tangipahoa Physician Services LLC
• Katherine Lewis Thomas

• Nurse Practitioner in Independence, LA
• Providers in Independence, LA by specialty
• Nurse Practitioner in Louisiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 20, 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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