Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Lancaster, CA
Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Lancaster, California, and NPI 1861488249, issued on Sep 21, 2005. Check the license (California C51910, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Fay Dawes
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- C51910 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 43839 15TH St W, Lancaster, CA 93534
- Phone
- (661) 945-5984
- Enumerated
- Sep 21, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 26, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00C519100 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050909000796); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Temple University School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melanie Fay Dawes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C51910Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average hospitalist physician in 2024
2,214 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium142 claims
- Gabapentin105 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate84 claims
- Jardiance83 claims
- Metformin Hcl83 claims
- Losartan Potassium75 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: $175.85
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was 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 one group practice
- Unicare Community Health Center, Inc.Moreno Valley, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Fay Dawes among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 98% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
There are 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.
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- Brian Berookhim, MDPalmdale, CA 935511659957736
- Devanshu Thakore, MDRidgecrest, CA 935551962476960
Common questions
What is Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D.'s NPI number?
Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861488249, issued on Sep 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 43839 15TH St W, Lancaster, CA, 93534. Phone: (661) 945-5984. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C51910, 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.
How much does Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Fay Dawes, M.D. had 2,214 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.