Karina Melgar
Behavior Technician · Palm Desert, CA
Karina Melgar is a behavior technician with a practice address in Palm Desert, California, and NPI 1356989941, issued on Dec 15, 2019. Check the license with the California board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Karina Melgar
- Primary taxonomy
- Behavior Technician 106S00000X
- Practice location
- 201 Paseo Animado, Palm Desert, CA 92211
- Phone
- (760) 673-6564
- Enumerated
- Dec 15, 2019
- Record last updated
- Dec 15, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karina Melgar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Karina Melgar among 171,666 behavior technician records in California
Karina Melgar is one of 171,666 behavior technician records with a practice address in California. under 1% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 7% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2019 · 29% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 106S00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
224 behavior technician records list a practice address in Palm Desert
They are 224 of the 1,495 NPPES records with a practice address in Palm Desert, and 171,666 behavior technician records in California. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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Common questions
What is Karina Melgar's NPI number?
Karina Melgar's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356989941, issued on Dec 15, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karina Melgar located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 201 Paseo Animado, Palm Desert, CA, 92211. Phone: (760) 673-6564. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karina Melgar's license?
Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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. 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.