Melissa Ann Covington, M.D.

Primary specialty

Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) PhysicianTaxonomy code 207LP2900X

License

MD2019-0791 Issued in NM

Practice address

1650 Hospital Dr Ste 500
Santa Fe, NM 87505-4794

Phone

(505) 670-1976

Fax

(505) 983-7212

NPI assigned

Dec 29, 2006

Last updated

Feb 23, 2026By 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 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 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: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Pain Management

Education

Harvard Medical School, 2009

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Emergency Specialty Services LLCGroup PAC ID 0042676470, 8 clinicians

Nexus HealthGroup PAC ID 9234509282, 31 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center Hospital, Santa Fe, NM, CCN 320090
• Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center Hospital, Santa Fe, NM, CCN 320002

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

88.68 of 100Reported as group

Quality

82.35

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.6

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: melissa.covington@nexushealth.ikm.direct-ci.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.

• Emergency Specialty Services LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Santa Fe, NM
  • NPI 1487389136
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Nexus Health

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Santa Fe, NM
  • NPI 1801516489
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Presbyterian Healthcare Services

  dba Presbyterian Medical Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • NPI 1104802354
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Presbyterian Healthcare Services

  dba Presbyterian Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • NPI 1215913470
  NPD
• Nexus Health Primary Care LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Santa Fe, NM
  • NPI 1093903320
  NPD (past)

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

• Presbyterian Healthcare Services

  dba Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Santa Fe, NM
  • NPI 1730684853
  Care Compare affiliation
• St Vincent Hospital

  dba CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Santa Fe, NM
  • NPI 1578587150
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Counseling Center of Santa Fe, LLC
• Counseling Within LLC
• Courage Full Spectrum Doula Care LLC
• Courtney C. Lee Psychotherapy LLC
• Ellen Cousineau, OTR/L
• Carolyn Cowan
• Stacie Renee Cox, LISW, LCSW, LADAC
• William V Cox, MD
• Hayley Crabtree, DO
• Daniel Craig, D.O.M,

• Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician in Santa Fe, NM
• Providers in Santa Fe, NM by specialty
• Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician in New Mexico

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 23, 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.