Shahina Rahim Merchant, MHS, PA -C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

PA07376 Issued in TX

Practice address

169 Martin Ave
Ephrata, PA 17522-1724

Phone

(717) 721-4740

Fax

(717) 738-6872

NPI assigned

Feb 10, 2011

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 4

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

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

Physician Assistant

Education

Drexel University College of Medicine, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Healthtexas Provider NetworkGroup PAC ID 1355254210, 2,535 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Centennial Hospital, Frisco, TX, CCN 450885

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

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.

• Healthtexas Provider Network

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1760488936
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Texas Em-I Medical Services PA

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Angleton, TX
  • NPI 1437334414
  Medicare reassignment
• Healthtexas Provider Network

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Lakeway, TX
  • NPI 1104714583
  NPD
• Healthtexas Provider Network

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Plano, TX
  • NPI 1124809512
  NPD
• Conestoga Emergency Physicians LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Lancaster, PA
  • NPI 1275582843

  Physician Assistant

  NPD (past)
• New Jersey/Pennsylvania Em-I Medical Services, P.C.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Lititz, PA
  • NPI 1003930686

  Physician Assistant

  NPD (past)
• Red Rose Emergency Physicians LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Lititz, PA
  • NPI 1003865817

  Physician Assistant

  NPD (past)
• Wellspan Medical Group

  • Pediatric Surgery Physician
  • York, PA
  • NPI 1104799428
  NPD (past)
• Camino Real Emergency Physicians PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Livingston, TX
  • NPI 1992871966

  Physician Assistant

  NPD (past)
• Texas Emergency Room Services PA

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Lufkin, TX
  • NPI 1992843387
  NPD (past)

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

• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Centennial

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Frisco, TX
  • NPI 1801826839
  Care Compare affiliation

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

{
    "created_epoch": "1297296000000",
    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1762300800000",
    "number": "1316243207",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "3421 CONCORD RD",
            "city": "YORK",
            "state": "PA",
            "postal_code": "174029001",
            "telephone_number": "717-721-4740",
            "fax_number": "717-738-6872"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "169 MARTIN AVE",
            "city": "EPHRATA",
            "state": "PA",
            "postal_code": "175221724",
            "telephone_number": "717-721-4740",
            "fax_number": "717-738-6872"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "MERCHANT",
        "first_name": "SHAHINA",
        "middle_name": "RAHIM",
        "credential": "MHS, PA -C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2011-02-10",
        "last_updated": "2025-11-05",
        "certification_date": "2025-11-05",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363A00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant",
            "state": "TX",
            "license": "PA07376",
            "primary": true
        },
        {
            "code": "363AM0700X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant, Medical",
            "state": "TX",
            "license": "PA07376",
            "primary": false
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "RAILROAD MEDICARE",
            "identifier": "P01372052",
            "state": "PA"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "HIGHMARK BLUE SHIELD - FREEDOM BLUE",
            "identifier": "2686821",
            "state": "PA"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "GATEWAY MEDICARE ASSURED",
            "identifier": "1604869",
            "state": "PA"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "GATEWAY HEALTH PLAN",
            "identifier": "1604869",
            "state": "PA"
        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [
        {
            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "smerchant461037@direct.sw.org",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "address_1": "5252 W University Dr",
            "city": "McKinney",
            "state": "TX",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "750717822",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "other_names": []
}

• Melissa K Plowmaker,OD PC
• Elaine Isabel Mellinger, PAC
• Richard W Mellinger, M.D.
• Larry Dean Mellott, CRNA
• Milca Mendez-Ceballos, D.D.S.
• Persila V. Mertz, M.D.
• Kylee Ann Metz, MS, CAADC, CCTP
• Courtney N Metzler, LMT
• Michael H Cohen DDS PC
• Midatlantic Endoscopy LLC

• Physician Assistant in Ephrata, PA
• Providers in Ephrata, PA by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 5, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.