Melanie Gantner, PA
Medical Physician Assistant · Las Cruces, NM
Melanie Gantner, PA is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and NPI 1912952003, issued on May 24, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico PA2004-0012, as entered in NPPES) with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Gantner
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA2004-0012 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 540 Walton Blvd, Las Cruces, NM 88001
- Phone
- (575) 525-2700
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 5, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (575) 524-2045
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041120000000); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melanie Gantner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this profession
Search for license PA2004-0012Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
4,488 Medicare Part D claims for 414 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 161 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium207 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium183 claims
- Lisinopril165 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate148 claims
- Losartan Potassium145 claims
- Ozempic124 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: $269.35
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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
- Health Care Solutions PALas Cruces, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Gantner among 274 medical physician assistant records in New Mexico
Melanie Gantner, PA is one of 274 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in New Mexico. 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 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2011 among the 148 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 53% 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 New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in New Mexico
There are 274 medical physician assistant records in New Mexico.
All 274 in New Mexico → Every provider in Las Cruces → Medical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Reagan Dunnahoo, PALas Cruces, NM 880111568455616
- Jilana Gladstone, PA-CLas Cruces, NM 880111518935105
- Susan Gowing, P.A.Las Cruces, NM 880111528064060
- Gabriela Ochoa, PEER SUPPORT WORKERLas Cruces, NM 880111558820043
- Amber Stoll, PA-CLas Cruces, NM 880111598065484
- Edward Watson, PALas Cruces, NM 880111508232240
- Samuel Ranney, PA-CLas Cruces, NM 880121215666565
- John Yerxa, PA-CMimbres, NM 880491477675015
Common questions
What is Melanie Gantner, PA's NPI number?
Melanie Gantner, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912952003, issued on May 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Gantner, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 540 Walton Blvd, Las Cruces, NM, 88001. Phone: (575) 525-2700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Gantner, PA's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number PA2004-0012, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melanie Gantner, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Gantner, PA had 4,488 Medicare Part D claims for 414 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.