Melani Lighter, MD
Surgery Physician · Chicago, IL
Melani Lighter, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1033592340, issued on Jul 6, 2015. Check the license (Illinois 036157860, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melani Lighter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 036157860 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1801 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612
- Phone
- (312) 355-4300
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2015
- Record last updated
- Mar 6, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211130000216); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melani Lighter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036157860Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.1 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: $143.41
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 2 group practices
- Saint Anthony Health AffiliatesChicago, IL
- The Board OF Trustees OF The University OF IllinoisChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melani Lighter among 1,520 surgery physician records in Illinois
Melani Lighter, MD is one of 1,520 surgery physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 66% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 61% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 650 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Illinois
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Common questions
What is Melani Lighter, MD's NPI number?
Melani Lighter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033592340, issued on Jul 6, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melani Lighter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1801 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL, 60612. Phone: (312) 355-4300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melani Lighter, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036157860, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Melani Lighter, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.1 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.