Melinda Sue Kozma, ACNP

Primary specialty

Acute Care Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LA2100X

License

CNP-03393 Issued in NM

Practice address

1619 Skyline Cir Ste a
Carlsbad, NM 88220-9842

Phone

(575) 941-4400

Fax

(833) 620-2406

NPI assigned

Dec 26, 2007

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 identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Melinda Sue Thacker Professional name

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NM

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, 2006

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Advanced Heart and Vascular Center of Carlsbad New MexicoGroup PAC ID 5294120697, 8 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Christus Southern New Mexico Hospital, Alamogordo, NM, CCN 320004
• Artesia General Hospital Hospital, Artesia, NM, CCN 320030
• Carlsbad Medical Center Hospital, Carlsbad, NM, CCN 320063
• Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Hospital, Roswell, NM, CCN 320086

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: melinda.kozma.1@6965.direct.athenahealth.com

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.

• Advanced Heart & Vascular Center of Carlsbad New Mexico

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Carlsbad, NM
  • NPI 1417600230
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Otero County Hospital Association

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Alamogordo, NM
  • NPI 1235948803
  NPD
• Otero County Hospital Association

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Alamogordo, NM
  • NPI 1861450579
  NPD

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

• Artesia General Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Artesia, NM
  • NPI 1437286044
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carlsbad Medical Center LLC

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Carlsbad, NM
  • NPI 1114949781
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carlsbad Medical Center LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Carlsbad, NM
  • NPI 1790722346
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lovelace Health System LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Roswell, NM
  • NPI 1972878361
  Care Compare affiliation
• Otero County Hospital Association

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Alamogordo, NM
  • NPI 1861450579
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in Carlsbad, NM
• Providers in Carlsbad, NM by specialty
• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in New Mexico

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 8, 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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