Melanie Lynn Frierson, FNP-C

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

904383 Issued in MS

Practice address

1911 Read Rd
Picayune, MS 39466-2730

Phone

(601) 251-3500

Fax

(601) 251-3504

NPI assigned

Jul 9, 2021

Last updated

Jul 3, 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 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MS

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, 2020

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative, Inc.Group PAC ID 2466342605, 38 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Singing River Health System Hospital, Pascagoula, MS, CCN 250040
• Highland Community Hospital Hospital, Picayune, MS, CCN 250117

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

92.75 of 100Reported as group

Quality

82.4

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: mfrierson150819@directpatientrecord.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.

• Sumrall Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Sumrall, MS
  • NPI 1184694036
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• The Diabetes Center, PLLC

  • Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Ocean Springs, MS
  • NPI 1043391436
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Community Care Health Network LLC

  dba Matrix Medical Network

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1619368842

  MS

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hattiesburg Community Dental Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • NPI 1366468266
  NPD
• Hattiesburg High School and Community Clinic

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • NPI 1760451777
  NPD
• Beaumont Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Beaumont, MS
  • NPI 1831166826
  NPD (past)
• Brooklyn Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Brooklyn, MS
  • NPI 1659348076
  NPD (past)
• Hattiesburg Public School and Community Clinic

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • NPI 1023087400
  NPD (past)
• Lamar County School Clinic

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Purvis, MS
  • NPI 1679147847
  NPD (past)
• Lumberton Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Lumberton, MS
  • NPI 1164499174
  NPD (past)
• Minor Care Clinic

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • NPI 1508874769
  NPD (past)
• N R Burger School and Community Clinic

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • NPI 1518907054
  NPD (past)

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

• Forrest County General Hospital

  dba Highland Community Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Picayune, MS
  • NPI 1053350462
  Care Compare affiliation
• Singing River Health System

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Gautier, MS
  • NPI 1083893937

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Singing River Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Pascagoula, MS
  • NPI 1124136593
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "PO BOX 1729",
            "city": "HATTIESBURG",
            "state": "MS",
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            "telephone_number": "601-545-8700",
            "fax_number": "601-255-2645"
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• Forrest County General Hospital (Highland Community Hospital)
• Forrest County General Hospital (Highland Obstetrics and Gynecology Rural Health Clinic)
• Forrest County General Hospital (Highland Pediatric and Primary Care RHC)
• Forrest General Hospital
• Freds Westside Pharmacy Inc
• Functional Therapy LLC
• Fundamental Therapy LLC
• David Edward Futrell, D.D.S.
• Louis Charles Gambina, R.PH
• Charlene Faye Garrett

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Picayune, MS
• Providers in Picayune, MS by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Mississippi

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 3, 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.