Donna Frances Merlo, PA
Surgical Physician Assistant · New Brunswick, NJ
Donna Frances Merlo, PA is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and NPI 1609029388, issued on Oct 28, 2008. Check the license (New Jersey 25MP00031900, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donna Frances Merlo
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- 25MP00031900 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 125 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Phone
- (732) 235-7806
- Enumerated
- Oct 28, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (732) 235-7013
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110317000047); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 125 Paterson St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- David AdekanyeStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1235712175
- Hesham Ahmed, M.D.Surgical Critical Care Physician1104015056
- Yasemin Akinci, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1912641507
- Catherine Albrecht, FNPNurse Practitioner1710242623
- Louis Amorosa, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1265519383
- Susan Anderson, R.N.Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1154795607
Verify Donna Frances Merlo in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
Search for license 25MP00031900Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
39 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Industry payments in 2024: $85.49
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- Rutgers Health-Rwj Neurosurgery FacultyNew Brunswick, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Donna Frances Merlo among 558 surgical physician assistant records in New Jersey
Donna Frances Merlo, PA is one of 558 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in New Jersey. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 28% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 28% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2015 among the 399 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in New Jersey
There are 558 surgical physician assistant records in New Jersey.
All 558 in New Jersey → Every provider in New Brunswick → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sheeba Abraham, P.A.-CNew Brunswick, NJ 089011275782484
- Kinnari Bhavsar, PA-CNew Brunswick, NJ 089011396931119
- Dorotea Defrancesco, PANew Brunswick, NJ 089011013086701
- Alice Edwards, PA-CNew Brunswick, NJ 089011659596500
- Eunyoung Kim, P.A.-CNew Brunswick, NJ 089011619150448
- Jennifer Mohr, PANew Brunswick, NJ 089011205987104
- Amber Nigam, P.A.New Brunswick, NJ 089011770817074
- Krupa Patel, PANew Brunswick, NJ 089011720306905
Common questions
What is Donna Frances Merlo, PA's NPI number?
Donna Frances Merlo, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609029388, issued on Oct 28, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donna Frances Merlo, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 125 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901. Phone: (732) 235-7806. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donna Frances Merlo, PA's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MP00031900, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Donna Frances Merlo, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donna Frances Merlo, PA had 39 Medicare Part D claims; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.