Melynda Nicole Simmons, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

346170 Issued in LA

Practice address

1415 Tulane Ave
New Orleans, LA 70112-2600

Phone

(504) 988-7808

Fax

(504) 988-3971

NPI assigned

Apr 10, 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 LA

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, 2022

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Rapid Urgent Care IncGroup PAC ID 0840437174, 35 clinicians

Administrators of the Tulane Educational FundGroup PAC ID 0446163760, 388 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• University Medical Center New Orleans Hospital, New Orleans, LA, CCN 190005

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

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.

• Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund

  • Specialist
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1528014164
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Rapid Urgent Care, Inc.

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Mandeville, LA
  • NPI 1285970780
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Rapid Urgent Care, Inc

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Metairie, LA
  • NPI 1104272863
  NPD
• Rapid Urgent Care, Inc.

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Albany, LA
  • NPI 1467085530
  NPD
• Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund

  • Specialist
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • NPI 1033395298
  NPD

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

• University Medical Center Management Corporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1568403111
  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": "1751932800000",
    "number": "1902548092",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1430 TULANE AVE # 8050",
            "city": "NEW ORLEANS",
            "state": "LA",
            "postal_code": "701122632",
            "telephone_number": "504-988-7809",
            "fax_number": "504-988-3971"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1415 TULANE AVE",
            "city": "NEW ORLEANS",
            "state": "LA",
            "postal_code": "701122600",
            "telephone_number": "504-988-7808",
            "fax_number": "504-988-3971"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "SIMMONS",
        "first_name": "MELYNDA",
        "middle_name": "NICOLE",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2022-04-10",
        "last_updated": "2025-07-08",
        "certification_date": "2025-07-08",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "390200000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program",
            "state": null,
            "license": null,
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "207R00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine",
            "state": "LA",
            "license": "346170",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Kashina Simmons
• Kay Ann Simmons, MD
• Lisa Winford Simmons
• Lloyd Simmons Jr.
• Marietta Simmons
• Monica Simmons
• Rajia Leona Simmons, RN
• Sarah Elizabeth Simmons
• Shivani G Simmons, PA
• Stephanie Winchell Simmons, PA-C

• Internal Medicine Physician in New Orleans, LA
• Providers in New Orleans, LA by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in Louisiana

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