Melissa Lynn Chavez, MD

Primary specialty

Otolaryngology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Y00000X

License

285933 Issued in MA

Practice address

169 Ashley Ave RM 202
Charleston, SC 29425-2905

Phone

(843) 876-0791

NPI assigned

Mar 27, 2020

Last updated

Aug 11, 2025By 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 3

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in SC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Otolaryngology

Education

Boston University School of Medicine, 2020

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

University Medical Associates of the Medical University of South CarolGroup PAC ID 6305758574, 1,634 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: mchavez97742@direct.bmc.masshiway.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.

• University Medical Associates of the Medical University of South Carol

  dba MUSC Physicians

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1043241110
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University Medical Associates of the Medical University of South Carol

  dba MUSC PHysicians

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1982678496
  NPD
• Boston Medical Center Corporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Boston, MA
  • NPI 1346218294
  NPD

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

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• Joseph Arthur Chasen, DO
• Misty Love Chastain, PAC
• Hina Chaudhry, MD
• Jenny Lynn Chaump, RRT
• Danielle Chavez, PHARMD
• Stephanie Nicole Chavez
• Jasmine D Chavis
• Pamela S Chavis, MD
• Larissa Check, CARDIOLOGY
• Julie Hebra Lench Chedister, MD

• Otolaryngology Physician in Charleston, SC
• Providers in Charleston, SC by specialty
• Otolaryngology Physician in South Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 11, 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.