Derek Joseph Melton, O.D.

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

MO2004006937 Issued in MO

Practice address

Corner of Route N12 and N7
Fort Defiance, AZ 86504

Phone

(928) 729-8000

NPI assigned

May 12, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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 TX, MO2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

77.07 of 100Reported as group

Quality

73.06

Improvement activities

40

Cost

69.92

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

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.

• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Talihina, OK
  • NPI 1659347623

  TX

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Heffington'S House of Vision Inc

  • Optometrist
  • Springfield, MO
  • NPI 1861527251
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• The Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board, Incorporation

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Fort Defiance, AZ
  • NPI 1477876639

  TX

  Medicare reassignment
• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

  • Indian Health Service/Tribal/Urban Indian Health (I/T/U) Pharmacy
  • Broken Bow, OK
  • NPI 1447143532
  NPD
• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • McAlester, OK
  • NPI 1952377939
  NPD
• Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians Wis

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Ashland, WI
  • NPI 1699701375
  NPD (past)
• Semo Stemcell Institute LLC

  • Medical Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Poplar Bluff, MO
  • NPI 1174114102
  NPD (past)

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1771545600000",
    "number": "1922058429",
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "PO BOX 649",
            "city": "FORT DEFIANCE",
            "state": "AZ",
            "postal_code": "865040649",
            "telephone_number": "928-729-8000"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "CORNER OF ROUTE N12 AND N7",
            "city": "FORT DEFIANCE",
            "state": "AZ",
            "postal_code": "86504",
            "telephone_number": "928-729-8000"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "4061 Hwy PP Suite 1",
            "address_2": "Melton Eye Care Associates",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Poplar Bluff",
            "state": "MO",
            "postal_code": "63901",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "573-778-9143",
            "fax_number": "573-778-9164",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "MELTON",
        "first_name": "DEREK",
        "middle_name": "JOSEPH",
        "name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "credential": "O.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-05-12",
        "last_updated": "2026-02-20",
        "certification_date": "2026-02-20",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "state": "IA",
            "license": "128991",
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        },
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            "code": "152WC0802X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
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            "state": "MO",
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        },
        {
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            "taxonomy_group": "",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
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            "code": "05",
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            "issuer": null,
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            "state": "MO"
        }
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    "endpoints": [],
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}

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• Optometrist in Fort Defiance, AZ
• Providers in Fort Defiance, AZ by specialty
• Optometrist in Arizona

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 20, 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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