Melinda Nelson, PHD, CNP

Primary specialty

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LP0808X

License

C-APN.0000281-C-NP Issued in CO

Practice address

1901 Medi Park Dr Ste 2058
Amarillo, TX 79106-2109

Phone

(866) 959-2008

NPI assigned

Jul 8, 2011

Last updated

Apr 6, 2023By 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 2

Addresses

Other names 1

• Dr. Melinda McCusker Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX, NM, LA, AR4 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 4

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Forefront Telecare IncGroup PAC ID 9638319114, 29 clinicians

Shannon ClinicGroup PAC ID 0840103727, 550 clinicians

Forefront-Rush Medical Service PAGroup PAC ID 4486884285, 15 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as individual

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Certified Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner, Doctor of Philosophy

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: melinda.mccusker.1@24287.direct.athenahealth.com

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.

• Shannon Clinic

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • San Angelo, TX
  • NPI 1770587149
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Forefront Telecare Inc

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1174035612

  LA, NM

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Forefront-Rush Medical Service PA

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Amarillo, TX
  • NPI 1083036651
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Access Telecare, PLLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1013303080

  LA, NM

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• GPCH, LLC

  dba Golden Plains Community Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Borger, TX
  • NPI 1841497153
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Forefront-Rush Medical Services PC

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Little Rock, AR
  • NPI 1588152649
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• GPCH, LLC

  dba Borger OB/GYN

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Borger, TX
  • NPI 1487174793
  NPD
• GPCH, LLC

  dba Golden Plains Rural Health Clinic

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Borger, TX
  • NPI 1942898846
  NPD
• Forefront-Crane Medical Services PC

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Frankfort, IN
  • NPI 1932728334
  NPD (past)

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

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            "telephone_number": "501-201-0190"
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}

• Ailsa J Nelson, RD, LD
• Chelsey Rae Nelson, RD, LD
• Erin Elizabeth Nelson, FNP-C
• Jennifer Nelson
• Julia Nelson, R.PH.
• Nes Southwest Medical Services Inc
• Dorothy Shelton Nesmith, M.D.
• Stephen R Neumann, M.D.
• Neuro-Forge Therapy
• New Foundations Braincare (Rebecca Standley, LCSW, BCN)

• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Amarillo, TX
• Providers in Amarillo, TX by specialty
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 6, 2023; 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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