Lana Melendres-Groves, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Albuquerque, NM
Lana Melendres-Groves, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1548309537, issued on Feb 6, 2007. Check the license (New Mexico MD2007-0118, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lana Melendres-Groves
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- MD2007-0118 NM
2004-0242 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Unm Hospital Internal Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131
- Phone
- (505) 272-1476
- Enumerated
- Feb 6, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 23, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110215000764); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, 2004
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lana Melendres-Groves in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license MD2007-0118Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
212 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 54% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Opsumit58 claims
- Tadalafil49 claims
- Ambrisentan23 claims
- Sildenafil Citrate18 claims
- Adempas16 claims
- Tyvaso Dpi14 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $199,284.61
195 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was United Therapeutics Corporation. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Unm Medical Group IncAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lana Melendres-Groves among 62 pulmonary disease physician records in New Mexico
Lana Melendres-Groves, MD is one of 62 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 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 2007, is newer than 55% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 55% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 1999 among the 42 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 207RP1001X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in New Mexico
There are 62 pulmonary disease physician records in New Mexico.
All 62 in New Mexico → Every provider in Albuquerque → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sara Assaf, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871311396150397
- Helen Busby, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311942215405
- Richard Crowell, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311891701454
- Oleh Hnatiuk, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871311811909278
- Vanessa Josef, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311083117840
- Pope Moseley, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311467467936
- Sumit Patel, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311740743210
- Elyce Sheehan, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311720498892
Common questions
What is Lana Melendres-Groves, MD's NPI number?
Lana Melendres-Groves, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548309537, issued on Feb 6, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lana Melendres-Groves, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Unm Hospital Internal Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 87131. Phone: (505) 272-1476. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lana Melendres-Groves, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number MD2007-0118, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lana Melendres-Groves, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lana Melendres-Groves, MD had 212 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lana Melendres-Groves, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.