Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

A130281 Issued in CA

Practice address

725 Welch Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1601

Phone

(650) 497-8000

NPI assigned

May 19, 2010

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

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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

Pediatric MedicineAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2010

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Group practices

Dignity Health Medical FoundationGroup PAC ID 7810800661, 1,211 clinicians

San Francisco Unified Physicians Group, IncGroup PAC ID 8426310004, 18 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Chinese Hospital Hospital, San Francisco, CA, CCN 050407
• Dominican Hospital Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA, CCN 050242

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as group

Quality

95

Improvement activities

40

Cost

80.65

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

99.64 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

86.27

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: mpoonacha734121@direct.hopkinsmedicine.org
• Direct secure messaging: mpoonacha375902@hisp.ehr.sutterhealth.org

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.

• Dignity Health Medical Foundation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Sacramento, CA
  • NPI 1700803418
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• San Francisco Unified Physicians Group, Inc.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1982104162
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Galen Inpatient Physicians, PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Manteca, CA
  • NPI 1689320459
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of California, Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Apple Valley, CA
  • NPI 1184663965
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Inpatient Specialists of California, PC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Bernardino, CA
  • NPI 1952792475
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• LPCH Medical Group Div of Lucile

  • Children's Hospital
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • NPI 1417907940

  Pediatrics

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Nes Western Group, a Professional Corporation

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Porterville, CA
  • NPI 1487125019
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1760552343
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• SV Hospitalist Medical Group Inc

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Sonoma, CA
  • NPI 1215593140
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• UCSF Medical Group Business Services

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1477624104
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• University of California San Francisco

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1861578973
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Vibra Physicians LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Johnstown, CO
  • NPI 1659705424

  CA

  Medicare reassignment NPD

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

• Chinese Hospital Association

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1992898837
  Care Compare affiliation
• Dignity Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1427181007
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Natalie Caryn Pon, M.D.
• Erica S Pool
• John H Poole, PHD
• Diana C. Poon, PNP
• Jennifer Nguyen Poon, OTR/L
• Rajdeep Pooni, MD
• Gerald R Popelka, PH.D.
• Laura Susan Popovich, NNP-BC
• Richard L Popp, M.D.
• Brenda Elaine Porter, M.D.

• Hospitalist Physician in Palo Alto, CA
• Providers in Palo Alto, CA by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 28, 2024; 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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