Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

029942 Issued in NY

Practice address

1612 Central Ave
Far Rockaway, NY 11691-4002

Phone

(718) 223-5820

NPI assigned

May 23, 2018

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 NY

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 2018

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Suffolk Primary Health LLCGroup PAC ID 9436420510, 46 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Girling Health Care of New York Home health agency, Brooklyn, NY, CCN 337243
• Cassena Care at Home Home health agency, Brooklyn, NY, CCN 337441
• Americare Certified Special Services, Inc Chha Home health agency, Brooklyn, NY, CCN 337290

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

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

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.

• Suffolk Primary Health, LLC

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • Riverhead, NY
  • NPI 1174965727

  Single Specialty

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Vantage Medical Associates PC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Far Rockaway, NY
  • NPI 1538642996

  Single Specialty

  Medicare reassignment NPD

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

• Americare Certified Special Services, Inc.

  • Home Health Agency
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • NPI 1770513145
  Care Compare affiliation
• HCS Certified Home Care Ny Inc

  dba Girling Health Care of New york, Inc

  • Home Health Agency
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • NPI 1568886653
  Care Compare affiliation
• Prospect Acquisition III LLC

  dba Cassena Care at Home

  • Home Health Agency
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • NPI 1114557931
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1779321600000",
    "number": "1841781010",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "170 OLD COUNTRY RD",
            "city": "RIVERHEAD",
            "state": "NY",
            "postal_code": "119012198"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1612 CENTRAL AVE",
            "city": "FAR ROCKAWAY",
            "state": "NY",
            "postal_code": "116914002",
            "telephone_number": "718-223-5820"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "RIESS",
        "first_name": "MELISSA",
        "middle_name": "CAROLINA",
        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2018-05-23",
        "last_updated": "2026-05-21",
        "certification_date": "2026-05-21",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363A00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "193400000X SINGLE SPECIALTY  GROUP",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant",
            "state": "NY",
            "license": "029942",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Desiree Danielle Rhymer, MSW
• Judy Ribner, CNM
• Allison G Richman, LMSW
• Lashawna Ann Ricketts
• Selophia Ricketts
• Andrew Riggert, MD
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• Rina Sarkar MD PC
• Rina Sarkar MD PC
• Andrea Virginia Rivas Rios, MD

• Physician Assistant in Far Rockaway, NY
• Providers in Far Rockaway, NY by specialty
• Physician Assistant in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 21, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.