Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Carlsbad, CA
Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Carlsbad, California, and NPI 1225793003, issued on Nov 5, 2021. Check the license (California 95019113, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado
- Credential
- PMHNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License number
- 95019113 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2386 Faraday Ave Ste 111, Carlsbad, CA 92008
- Phone
- (877) 840-6956
- Enumerated
- Nov 5, 2021
- Record last updated
- Oct 25, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220406001284); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 95019113Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
76 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Desvenlafaxine Succinate Er14 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate12 claims
- Sertraline Hcl11 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $891.29
50 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lundbeck LLC. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 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
- Sokyahealth Medical Group PCSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado among 4,226 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in California
Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP is one of 4,226 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in California. 62% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 46% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 62% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 46% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2021 among the 1,965 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 16% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
33 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Carlsbad
They are 33 of the 3,411 NPPES records with a practice address in Carlsbad, and 4,226 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in California.
All 4,226 in California → Every provider in Carlsbad → Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Holly Bechard, PMHNP-BCCarlsbad, CA 920081982735254
- Laurie Costa, PMHNP-BCCarlsbad, CA 920081700427531
- Jennifer Evans, FNP-C, PMHNPCarlsbad, CA 920081952950263
- Ashley Falcone, PMHNPCarlsbad, CA 920081851876742
- Danielle GrangerCarlsbad, CA 920081063975878
- Laurie Jean Baptiste, NPCarlsbad, CA 920081699344291
- Jennifer Kalia-Overlie, DNP, PMHNP-BCCarlsbad, CA 920081235552811
- Emily Kampas, APRN, CNPCarlsbad, CA 920081043979966
Common questions
What is Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP's NPI number?
Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225793003, issued on Nov 5, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2386 Faraday Ave Ste 111, Carlsbad, CA, 92008. Phone: (877) 840-6956. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP's license?
NPPES lists California license number 95019113, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joy Melanie Loretta Melhado, PMHNP had 76 Medicare Part D claims; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.