NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Laura Merritt

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Selma, CA

Laura Merritt is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Selma, California, and NPI 1881865152, issued on Mar 14, 2008. Check the license (California 18453, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1881865152
Name
Laura Merritt
Primary taxonomy
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
License number
18453 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2511 Logan St, Selma, CA 93662
Phone
(559) 896-2624
Enumerated
Mar 14, 2008
Record last updated
Jan 13, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(559) 896-3235
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2511 Logan St

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  2. Tracy Kutsenkow, NPNurse Practitioner1699767020
  3. Jaishree Rajagopalan, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1356340764
  4. Simerjit Riar, PAMedical Physician Assistant1154518363
  5. Jennifer Tarazon, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1184609208

Verify Laura Merritt in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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25% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024

446 Medicare Part D claims for 104 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Laura Merritt446
  2. Specialty average594

Most prescribed

  1. Omeprazole22 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate18 claims
  3. Azithromycin16 claims
  4. Lisinopril15 claims
  5. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa14 claims
  6. Trulicity13 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: $2,167.80

21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Laura Merritt$2,167.80
  2. Specialty average$647.94

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Laura Merritt among 1,810 acute care nurse practitioner records in California

Laura Merritt is one of 1,810 acute care nurse practitioner records with a practice address in California. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 11% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 11% of these records are older, 87% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 55% of these records are
  • Record last updated2010 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2100X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner providers in California

There are 1,810 acute care nurse practitioner records in California.

The 8 acute care nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Valerie Tcha, ACNPC-AGMadera, CA 936361033989603
  2. Robert Kelleher, NPFresno, CA 937011144643404
  3. William KlepacFresno, CA 937011902565401
  4. Wen Yuan, ACNPFresno, CA 937011033460258
  5. Vanessa Greer, NPFresno, CA 937031437165388
  6. Austin FrostFresno, CA 937041316677297
  7. Alexander Calkins, MSN, NP, AGACNP-BCClovis, CA 936111740929314
  8. James Kane, AG-ACNPClovis, CA 936111568100998

Common questions

What is Laura Merritt's NPI number?

Laura Merritt's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881865152, issued on Mar 14, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Laura Merritt located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2511 Logan St, Selma, CA, 93662. Phone: (559) 896-2624. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Laura Merritt's license?

NPPES lists California license number 18453, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Laura Merritt prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Laura Merritt had 446 Medicare Part D claims for 104 beneficiaries; the average among acute care nurse practitioner prescribers was 594. 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.