Melanie Heard, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner · Wilkes Barre, PA
Melanie Heard, CRNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1497188700, issued on Aug 11, 2013. Check the license (Pennsylvania SP013054, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Heard
- Credential
- CRNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- SP013054 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 E Mountain Dr, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711
- Phone
- (570) 808-6000
- Enumerated
- Aug 11, 2013
- Record last updated
- May 15, 2023
- Fax
- (570) 808-6061
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130912000050); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melanie Heard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license SP013054Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
177 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel78 claims
- Cilostazol21 claims
- Eliquis17 claims
- Xarelto13 claims
- Prednisone12 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: $18.19
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Geisinger ClinicWilkes Barre, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Heard among 3,916 nurse practitioner records in Pennsylvania
Melanie Heard, CRNP is one of 3,916 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 35% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 35% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2018 among the 2,360 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
105 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Wilkes Barre
They are 105 of the 2,654 NPPES records with a practice address in Wilkes Barre, and 3,916 nurse practitioner records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Melanie Heard, CRNP's NPI number?
Melanie Heard, CRNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497188700, issued on Aug 11, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Heard, CRNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 E Mountain Dr, Wilkes Barre, PA, 18711. Phone: (570) 808-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Heard, CRNP's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number SP013054, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melanie Heard, CRNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Heard, CRNP had 177 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.