Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Gardena, CA
Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Gardena, California, and NPI 1306161625, issued on Mar 30, 2010. Check the license (California A125653, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chidinma Chima-Melton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A125653 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1145 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Gardena, CA 90247
- Phone
- (310) 363-0526
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2010
- Record last updated
- Feb 18, 2026
- Fax
- (310) 640-3418
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161004000501); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York At Stony Brook, School Of Medicine, 2010
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1145 W Redondo Beach Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Chidinma Chima-Melton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A125653Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
159 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 59% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Spiriva Respimat15 claims
- Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride14 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa13 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium12 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $17,792.30
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Tele-ICU IncNorwalk, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Chidinma Chima-Melton among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 67% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD's NPI number?
Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306161625, issued on Mar 30, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1145 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Gardena, CA, 90247. Phone: (310) 363-0526. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A125653, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD had 159 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chidinma Chima-Melton, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.