Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.
Family Medicine Physician · Sacramento, CA
Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1679558688, issued on Dec 13, 2005. Check the license (California G74912, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joy Melnikow
- Credential
- M.D., M.P.H.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G74912 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4860 Y St, Sacramento, CA 95817
- Phone
- (916) 734-3630
- Enumerated
- Dec 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 29, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (916) 734-5550
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081022000359); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joy Melnikow in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G74912Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
31 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Regents OF The Univ OF CASacramento, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joy Melnikow among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H. is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
473 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Sacramento
They are 473 of the 33,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Sacramento, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.'s NPI number?
Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679558688, issued on Dec 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4860 Y St, Sacramento, CA, 95817. Phone: (916) 734-3630. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G74912, 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 Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H. had 31 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.