Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Fruita, CO
Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Fruita, Colorado, and NPI 1598181927, issued on Mar 10, 2014. Check the license (Colorado 0003917, as entered in NPPES) with the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Dawne Hoch
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 0003917 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 576 Kokopelli Blvd Unit D, Fruita, CO 81521
- Phone
- (970) 858-2590
- Enumerated
- Mar 10, 2014
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140430000669); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 576 Kokopelli Blvd Unit D
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melanie Dawne Hoch in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Colorado board licenses this profession
Search for license 0003917Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
125 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone30 claims
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate19 claims
- Methotrexate16 claims
- Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)11 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: $1,884.37
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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
- Community Medical Group LLCGrand Junction, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Dawne Hoch among 1,308 medical physician assistant records in Colorado
Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C is one of 1,308 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Colorado. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 56% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2014 among the 727 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Fruita
They are 2 of the 192 NPPES records with a practice address in Fruita, and 1,308 medical physician assistant records in Colorado.
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- John Miller, PA-CGrand Junction, CO 815051396898169
- Julie Schwarz, PAGrand Junction, CO 815051578548863
- Alyson Weirich, PA-CGrand Junction, CO 815051811345473
Common questions
What is Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C's NPI number?
Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598181927, issued on Mar 10, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 576 Kokopelli Blvd Unit D, Fruita, CO, 81521. Phone: (970) 858-2590. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 0003917, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Dawne Hoch, PA-C had 125 Medicare Part D claims for 58 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.