Melanie Black Blake, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Hixson, TN
Melanie Black Blake, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Hixson, Tennessee, and NPI 1073735304, issued on May 3, 2007. Check the license (Tennessee 44821, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Black Blake
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 44821 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1008 Executive Dr Ste 104, Hixson, TN 37343
- Phone
- (423) 497-5363
- Enumerated
- May 3, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jun 30, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090722000527); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1008 Executive Dr Ste 104
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Verify Melanie Black Blake in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 44821Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
324 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium20 claims
- Omeprazole13 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium12 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate11 claims
- Eliquis11 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): 87.7 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: $42.60
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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.
Melanie Black Blake among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Melanie Black Blake, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 54% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 56% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Hixson
They are 14 of the 628 NPPES records with a practice address in Hixson, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Melanie Black Blake, MD's NPI number?
Melanie Black Blake, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073735304, issued on May 3, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Black Blake, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1008 Executive Dr Ste 104, Hixson, TN, 37343. Phone: (423) 497-5363. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Black Blake, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 44821, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melanie Black Blake, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Black Blake, MD had 324 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melanie Black Blake, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.7 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.