Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Morgan City, LA
Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Morgan City, Louisiana, and NPI 1609955137, issued on Nov 3, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 022313, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eric Joseph Melancon
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 022313 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1122 8TH St, Morgan City, LA 70380
- Phone
- (985) 384-7288
- Enumerated
- Nov 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 2, 2024
- Fax
- (985) 384-7291
- Medicaid ID
- 1665860 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090303000092); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Eric Joseph Melancon in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 022313Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
15,729 Medicare Part D claims for 654 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 311 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium511 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium488 claims
- Alprazolam419 claims
- Gabapentin388 claims
- Montelukast Sodium376 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium367 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 26.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,297.86
79 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Eric Joseph Melancon among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D. is one of 1,749 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
7 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Morgan City
They are 7 of the 222 NPPES records with a practice address in Morgan City, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D.'s NPI number?
Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609955137, issued on Nov 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1122 8TH St, Morgan City, LA, 70380. Phone: (985) 384-7288. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 022313, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D. had 15,729 Medicare Part D claims for 654 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Eric Joseph Melancon, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 26.2 of 100. 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.