Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Palo Alto, CA
Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Palo Alto, California, and NPI 1497074108, issued on May 19, 2010. Check the license (California A130281, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melania Sunita Poonacha
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- A130281 CA
130281 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 725 Welch RD, Palo Alto, CA 94304
- Phone
- (650) 497-8000
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2010
- Record last updated
- Apr 28, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150414000569); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine, 2010
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melania Sunita Poonacha in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A130281Check 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.5 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: $129.41
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Dignity Health Medical FoundationSanta Cruz, CA
- San Francisco Unified Physicians Group, IncSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melania Sunita Poonacha among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 44% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 44% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
112 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Palo Alto
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Common questions
What is Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD's NPI number?
Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497074108, issued on May 19, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 725 Welch RD, Palo Alto, CA, 94304. Phone: (650) 497-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A130281, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Melania Sunita Poonacha, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.5 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.