Melissa Ricker Bridges, PA

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

0010-04840 Issued in NC

Practice address

Medical Center Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 27157-0001

Phone

(336) 716-4649

Fax

(336) 716-9916

NPI assigned

Feb 11, 2014

Last updated

Jan 9, 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 1

Addresses

Other names 1

• Melissa Ashley Ricker Former name

Electronic endpoints 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

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

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 2013

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Carolinas Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 4789597477, 1,057 clinicians

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital AuthorityGroup PAC ID 2961310685, 594 clinicians

Wake Forest University Health SciencesGroup PAC ID 4486564952, 2,633 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as group

Promoting interoperability

99

Improvement activities

40

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

94 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

81.63

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: mricker113361@carolinashealthcaresystem.direct-ci.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.

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1003803032
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Levine Children's Gastroenterology

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1275774333
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

  dba Levine Cancer Institute

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • Indian Land, SC
  • NPI 1669738829

  NC

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute Orthopedics & Sports Medici

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1437607686
  Medicare reassignment
• Scotland Regional Health Network

  dba Carolinas Hospitalist Group - Scotland

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Laurinburg, NC
  • NPI 1972829562
  Medicare reassignment
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba CMC Faculty Internal Medicine Specialists

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1932457983
  NPD
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Pharmacy Kenilworth

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1982710554
  NPD
• Carolinas Pathology Group, PA

  dba Carolinas Pathology Group

  • Specialist
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1689628158
  NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Diabetes Prevention

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1437038544
  NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Ophthalmology

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Kings Mountain, NC
  • NPI 1578965570
  NPD
• Scotland Regional Health Network

  dba Scotland Surgical and GI Associates

  • Surgery Physician
  • Hamlet, NC
  • NPI 1285907519
  NPD
• The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

  dba NorthEast Neurology-Copperfield

  • Neurology Physician
  • Concord, NC
  • NPI 1386071967
  NPD

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

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            "address_1": "100 N 6th St Ste 900A",
            "city": "Minneapolis",
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}

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• Julian Michael Bridges, LCSW
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• Suzanne Wilkie Bridges, RPH
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• Bridgewood Inc.
• Alicia Briggs

• Physician Assistant in Winston Salem, NC
• Providers in Winston Salem, NC by specialty
• Physician Assistant in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 9, 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.