Melanie Tupino Brendia, APN

Primary specialty

Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363L00000X

License

26NJ01125300 Issued in NJ

Practice address

225 Minnisink Rd
Totowa, NJ 07512-1804

Phone

(551) 996-2442

Fax

(201) 343-1045

NPI assigned

Jan 13, 2021

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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 PA, NJ2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2020

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PCGroup PAC ID 9133032519, 1,901 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Hackensack University Medical Center Hospital, Hackensack, NJ, CCN 310001

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.91 of 100Reported as group

Quality

73.58

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.13

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/IHJHBD

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.

• Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PC

  dba HMHMG Specialty Care

  • Surgical Critical Care Physician
  • Red Bank, NJ
  • NPI 1215989249
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University of Penn - Medical Group

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1497767495
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PC

  dba HMMG New Jersey Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • North Bergen, NJ
  • NPI 1215734199
  NPD
• University of Penn-Medical Group

  • Surgical Oncology Physician
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1871981985
  NPD
• Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Complex Care PC

  dba HMHMG Complex Care

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Red Bank, NJ
  • NPI 1154379626
  NPD (past)

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

• HMH Hospitals Corporation

  dba Hackensack University Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hackensack, NJ
  • NPI 1457456279
  Care Compare affiliation
• HMH Hospitals Corporation

  dba Hackensack Meridian Diagnostic Laboratory

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Hackensack, NJ
  • NPI 1518683929

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "119 FORD ST APT 1",
            "city": "CONSHOHOCKEN",
            "state": "PA",
            "postal_code": "194282915",
            "telephone_number": "732-824-2953"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "225 MINNISINK RD",
            "city": "TOTOWA",
            "state": "NJ",
            "postal_code": "075121804",
            "telephone_number": "551-996-2442",
            "fax_number": "201-343-1045"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "119 Ford St Apt 1",
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        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "BRENDIA",
        "first_name": "MELANIE",
        "middle_name": "TUPINO",
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        "credential": "APN",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
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        "enumeration_date": "2021-01-13",
        "last_updated": "2025-02-04",
        "certification_date": "2025-02-04",
        "status": "A"
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}

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• Kristina Bronkowski, DC
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• Brian James Cairns Jr.
• Joseph Michael Cangialosi, OTD, OTR/L

• Nurse Practitioner in Totowa, NJ
• Providers in Totowa, NJ by specialty
• Nurse Practitioner in New Jersey

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 4, 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.

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