Melissa Renee Kerekes, MSW, LCSWA

Primary specialty

Clinical Social WorkerTaxonomy code 1041C0700X

License

P016544 Issued in NC

Practice address

17 US Highway 70 SE
Hickory, NC 28602-5225

Phone

(828) 322-1400

NPI assigned

Oct 11, 2022

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 NC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: No
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Clinical Social Worker

Education

Other, 2021

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Apogee Behavioral Medicine PCGroup PAC ID 6204218357, 64 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

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 and National Provider Directory roles.

• Apogee Behavioral Medicine PC

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Greensboro, NC
  • NPI 1134868300
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Family Guidance Center

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1093733040

  Clinical

  NPD Authorized official

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

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            "address_1": "17 US HIGHWAY 70 SE",
            "city": "HICKORY",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "286025255",
            "telephone_number": "828-322-1400"
        },
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            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "286025225",
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        }
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    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "KEREKES",
        "first_name": "MELISSA",
        "middle_name": "RENEE",
        "credential": "MSW, LCSWA",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2022-10-11",
        "last_updated": "2026-08-11",
        "certification_date": "2026-08-11",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "taxonomy_group": "",
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            "license": "P016544",
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        },
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            "code": "1041C0700X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
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• Rachel Lucille Annette Kelly, DO
• Patrick James Kelty, M.D.
• Jonkeysha Deshon Kendrick, FNP-C
• Emily Katherine Keneda
• Treye Allen Kennedy, CRNA
• Michelle Kerestes
• Jennifer Lynn Kerley, DNP, RN, FNP-C
• Frederick C Kesler
• Shelia Dawn Kessel, CRNA
• David Phillip Keyes, LPC

• Clinical Social Worker in Hickory, NC
• Providers in Hickory, NC by specialty
• Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 11, 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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