Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · New York, NY
Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1265595730, issued on Dec 18, 2006. Check the license (New York 203639, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Erna Schwarz
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 203639 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 156 5TH Ave, New York, NY 10010
- Phone
- (212) 477-0158
- Enumerated
- Dec 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (212) 562-8985
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100216000104); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melanie Erna Schwarz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 203639Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
85 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Mirtazapine15 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er13 claims
- Clonazepam12 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate12 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: $129.33
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Maimonides Department OF Psychiatry FppBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Erna Schwarz among 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York
Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D. is one of 6,589 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2002 among the 2,559 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2,604 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in New York
They are 2,604 of the 98,468 NPPES records with a practice address in New York, and 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D.'s NPI number?
Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265595730, issued on Dec 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 156 5TH Ave, New York, NY, 10010. Phone: (212) 477-0158. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 203639, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Erna Schwarz, M.D. had 85 Medicare Part D claims; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.