Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Coushatta, LA
Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Coushatta, Louisiana, and NPI 1023780285, issued on Oct 5, 2021. Check the license (Louisiana 329477, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Paul Francis
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 329477 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1635 Marvel St, Coushatta, LA 71019
- Phone
- (318) 294-4498
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2021
- Record last updated
- May 12, 2026
- Medicaid ID
- 2575091 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211208003185); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1635 Marvel St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melanie Paul Francis in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 329477Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,329 Medicare Part D claims for 300 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 41 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium53 claims
- Methylprednisolone51 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl45 claims
- Gabapentin44 claims
- Metformin Hcl43 claims
- Naproxen43 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: $39.68
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Coushatta ER PhysiciansCoushatta, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Paul Francis among 340 medical physician assistant records in Louisiana
Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C is one of 340 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Louisiana. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 84% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2013 among the 197 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Coushatta
They are 3 of the 49 NPPES records with a practice address in Coushatta, and 340 medical physician assistant records in Louisiana.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christopher Bamburg, PA-CCoushatta, LA 710191003365636
- Thomas Coleman, PACoushatta, LA 710191770735193
- Matthew Coleman, PA-CHaughton, LA 710371972685683
- Courtney Hernandez, PA-CArcadia, LA 710011841560034
- Olivia Hockenjos, PAHaughton, LA 710371174120307
- Tony Paul, PAMansfield, LA 710521669659363
- Charles Self, PA-CMinden, LA 710551497741995
- Marla Smith, P.A.Springhill, LA 710751316911860
Common questions
What is Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C's NPI number?
Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023780285, issued on Oct 5, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1635 Marvel St, Coushatta, LA, 71019. Phone: (318) 294-4498. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 329477, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Paul Francis, PA-C had 1,329 Medicare Part D claims for 300 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.