Melani Craig, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner · Ruston, LA
Melani Craig, FNP-C is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Ruston, Louisiana, and NPI 1710549639, issued on Jul 1, 2019. Check the license (Louisiana 206940, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melani Craig
- Credential
- FNP-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 206940 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1140 S Vienna St, Ruston, LA 71270
- Phone
- (318) 224-7190
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190814003637); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1140 S Vienna St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melani Craig in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 206940Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
874 Medicare Part D claims for 107 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate41 claims
- Losartan Potassium28 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium27 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide27 claims
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate27 claims
- Gabapentin25 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $100.01
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Winn Community Health Center, Inc.Ruston, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melani Craig among 4,503 family nurse practitioner records in Louisiana
Melani Craig, FNP-C is one of 4,503 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Louisiana. 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 2019, is newer than 55% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 55% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2018 among the 2,959 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
39 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Ruston
They are 39 of the 752 NPPES records with a practice address in Ruston, and 4,503 family nurse practitioner records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Melani Craig, FNP-C's NPI number?
Melani Craig, FNP-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710549639, issued on Jul 1, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melani Craig, FNP-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1140 S Vienna St, Ruston, LA, 71270. Phone: (318) 224-7190. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melani Craig, FNP-C's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 206940, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melani Craig, FNP-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melani Craig, FNP-C had 874 Medicare Part D claims for 107 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melani Craig, FNP-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.3 of 100. 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.