Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA
Medical Physician Assistant · Orangeburg, SC
Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and NPI 1659658185, issued on Nov 11, 2011. Check the license (South Carolina 1727, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Tomeko Sheppard
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- 1727 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1619 Carolina Ave, Orangeburg, SC 29115
- Phone
- (803) 531-7474
- Enumerated
- Nov 11, 2011
- Record last updated
- Apr 23, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 531-7457
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111207000015); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1619 Carolina Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melanie Tomeko Sheppard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1727Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
11,095 Medicare Part D claims for 600 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 130 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate762 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium504 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium396 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium376 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide372 claims
- Metformin Hcl300 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: $14.29
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was CVRx, Inc. 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 2 group practices
- Edisto Regional Health Services IncOrangeburg, SC
- Musc Community PhysiciansOrangeburg, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Tomeko Sheppard among 493 medical physician assistant records in South Carolina
Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA is one of 493 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in South Carolina. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 46% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2014 among the 282 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 47% 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina
There are 493 medical physician assistant records in South Carolina.
All 493 in South Carolina → Every provider in Orangeburg → Medical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Katherine Hayden, PA-COrangeburg, SC 291181811390313
- Conita Hill, PAOrangeburg, SC 291181780770768
- Tysha Holmes, PA-COrangeburg, SC 291181295828663
- Ashley Sauls-Worley, PAOrangeburg, SC 291181215328810
- Madelyn Garcia, PA-CNewberry, SC 291081043533243
- Shakisha Redmond, PACNewberry, SC 291081881741890
- Brittany Lovelace, PA - CProsperity, SC 291271720363773
- Margaret Evans, PAManning, SC 291021063066801
Common questions
What is Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA's NPI number?
Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659658185, issued on Nov 11, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1619 Carolina Ave, Orangeburg, SC, 29115. Phone: (803) 531-7474. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 1727, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Tomeko Sheppard, PA had 11,095 Medicare Part D claims for 600 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.