Melissa Ann Varnado, APRN,NP-C

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

RN104975-AP06634 Issued in LA

Practice address

301 N Highway 190 Ste C2
Covington, LA 70433-5057

Phone

(985) 773-1515

NPI assigned

Sep 8, 2011

Last updated

Apr 29, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in LA

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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2011

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

St Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No 1Group PAC ID 0749273761, shared by 6 NPIs, 162 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• St Tammany Parish Hospital Hospital, Covington, LA, CCN 190045
• Ochsner Medical Center Acute Hospital, New Orleans, LA, CCN 190036

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

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, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• North Oaks Physician Group, LLC

  dba North Oaks Physician Group

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Hammond, LA
  • NPI 1427035211
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ochsner Clinic LLC

  • General Practice Physician
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1538151428
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No 1

  dba St Tammany Physicians Network-Folsom

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Folsom, LA
  • NPI 1275539363
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No 1

  dba St. Tammany Parish Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1598798597
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Washington Parish Emergency Physicians Group LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Bogalusa, LA
  • NPI 1538511043
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ochsner Clinic LLC

  dba Diabetes Prevention Program

  • Registered Dietitian
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1013747039
  NPD
• Ochsner Clinic LLC

  dba Ochsner Clinic LLC (BR)

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • NPI 1407848443
  NPD
• St Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No 1

  dba St Tammany Physicians Network

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1083793582
  NPD
• St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No 1

  dba Bone and Joint Clinic at St. Tammany Parish Hospital

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1598193625
  NPD
• Regional Radiology, LLC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1336192863
  NPD (past)
• St Helena Parish Hospital

  dba St. Helena Parish Hospital Rural Health Clinic

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Greensburg, LA
  • NPI 1003865619
  NPD (past)

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

• Ochsner Clinic Foundation

  dba Ochsner Medical Center Acute

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1811973100
  Care Compare affiliation
• St Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No 1

  dba St Tammany Physicians Network

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1083793582

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• St Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No 1

  dba Northlake Pulmonary Associates at St Tammany Parish Hospital

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1285285874

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No 1

  dba St. Tammany Parish Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Covington, LA
  • NPI 1598798597
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Family Nurse Practitioner in Covington, LA
• Providers in Covington, LA by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Louisiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 29, 2026; 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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