Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Hollywood, FL
Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Hollywood, Florida, and NPI 1578586905, issued on Jul 26, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME83055, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- ME83055 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3341 Johnson St, Hollywood, FL 33021
- Phone
- (954) 265-3982
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 8, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (954) 893-6518
- Medicaid ID
- 112323300 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050525000344); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Pennsylvania, 1990
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME83055Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
6,313 Medicare Part D claims for 570 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 39 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium550 claims
- Losartan Potassium301 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate278 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium277 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium247 claims
- Ezetimibe144 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: $19.31
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- South Broward Hospital DistrictHollywood, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez among 10,151 internal medicine physician records in Florida
Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D. is one of 10,151 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Florida. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2004 among the 6,606 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
88 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Hollywood
They are 88 of the 4,676 NPPES records with a practice address in Hollywood, and 10,151 internal medicine physician records in Florida.
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Common questions
What is Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578586905, issued on Jul 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3341 Johnson St, Hollywood, FL, 33021. Phone: (954) 265-3982. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME83055, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lloyd Hugh Potter-Melendez, M.D. had 6,313 Medicare Part D claims for 570 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.