Melanie Lee Palma
Family Nurse Practitioner · Kansas City, MO
Melanie Lee Palma is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Kansas City, Missouri, and NPI 1649660036, issued on Jan 23, 2015. Check the license (Missouri 2015001258, as entered in NPPES) with the Missouri board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Lee Palma
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 2015001258 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8380 N Tullis Ave, Kansas City, MO 64158
- Phone
- (816) 415-3451
- Enumerated
- Jan 23, 2015
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171219000703); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri, Kansas City, School Of Medicine, 2014
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8380 N Tullis Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melanie Lee Palma in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Missouri board licenses this profession
Search for license 2015001258Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
894 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium69 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium64 claims
- Gabapentin38 claims
- Omeprazole30 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa29 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate29 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: $191.38
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- New Liberty Hospital CorporationKansas City, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Lee Palma among 5,226 family nurse practitioner records in Missouri
Melanie Lee Palma is one of 5,226 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Missouri. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 34% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 34% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2018 among the 3,339 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 44% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
658 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Kansas City
They are 658 of the 13,759 NPPES records with a practice address in Kansas City, and 5,226 family nurse practitioner records in Missouri.
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Common questions
What is Melanie Lee Palma's NPI number?
Melanie Lee Palma's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649660036, issued on Jan 23, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Lee Palma located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8380 N Tullis Ave, Kansas City, MO, 64158. Phone: (816) 415-3451. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Lee Palma's license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number 2015001258, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melanie Lee Palma prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Lee Palma had 894 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.