2026 NPPES data General Practice Physician NPI 1275796518 MD
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Melanie Simpson, MD

General Practice Physician in Saint Cloud, Florida.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 16,838 in General Practice Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
9K
Medicare Part D claims · 594 beneficiaries · General Practice Physician avg: 3K
Generic prescribing
85%
generic claims · 13% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$172.51
8 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)

What the federal data shows

Melanie Simpson, MD filed 8,635 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a General Practice Physician in Saint Cloud, Florida, prescribing 85% generic.

9K
Part D claims, 2024
85%
generic prescribing
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)
≥97th
pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Melanie Simpson, MD

Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1275796518), first enumerated 07/08/2008.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 8,635 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • Reported

    Hospital affiliations

    1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.

    Source: CMS Care Compare

  • Reported

    Industry payment transparency

    $172.51 in reported industry payments (8 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.

    Source: CMS Open Payments

  • State context

    State board disciplinary context

    Florida statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Melanie Simpson, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.

    Source: FLDOH annual report 2023

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1275796518 · General Practice Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM

  • NPI-10 1275796518
  • ENUM-MID 2008
  • TAX-MID 17K General Practice
  • RX-MID 8,635
  • BOOK-LIGHT 2,227 in Florida
  • PHOTO-ENUM Lagrand Johnson, D.O. · 2008

Melanie Simpson, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber

Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally

8,635 ≥ 97th percentile 97% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands

0–200: 679,947 prescribers (48%). Below this entry. 200–400: 188,835 prescribers (13%). Below this entry. 400–600: 95,866 prescribers (7%). Below this entry. 600–800: 60,107 prescribers (4%). Below this entry. 800–1,000: 43,043 prescribers (3%). Below this entry. 1,000–1,200: 33,612 prescribers (2%). Below this entry. 1,200–1,400: 27,889 prescribers (2%). Below this entry. 1,400–1,600: 23,183 prescribers (2%). Below this entry. 1,600–1,800: 19,917 prescribers (1%). Below this entry. 1,800–2,000: 17,585 prescribers (1%). Below this entry. 2K+: 226,899 prescribers (16%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 2K+ every Part D prescriber (claims/yr), bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024

Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Melanie Simpson, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Melanie Simpson, MD?

Quality data not reported

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 07/08/2008

NPI 1275796518

Primary specialty

General Practice Physician

Mid-sized

16,838 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

8,635 192% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 2,957

Specialty distribution in Florida

How General Practice Physician compares to other specialties among Florida providers

Florida providers
Behavior Technician16.3%Mental Health Counselor4.8%Family Nurse Practitioner4.5%Pharmacist4.1%Student in an Organized Heal…4.1%Physical Therapist3%General Practice Physician0.5%
Largest specialties in Florida (% of in-state providers)

Board certification

Not published by CMS

CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for General Practice Physician. Verify directly:

How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

3505 PROGRESS LN
Saint Cloud, FL 34769

Provider Details

NPI 1275796518
Specialty General Practice Physician
Credentials MD
Gender Female
NPI Issued 07/08/2008

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Melanie Simpson, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

Premier Medical Associates OF Florida Healthcare, PA
The Villages, FL

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Melanie Simpson, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$173

Largest payer

ABBVIE INC.

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context - Florida FLDOH 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~75K Florida medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Melanie Simpson, MD. To verify Melanie Simpson, MD's current license status, search the FLDOH public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

480
Total board actions, Florida 2023
Across 467 cases
6.40
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Florida statewide rate
monetary fine
Most common action type
138 cases

FLDOH publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Florida disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

Melanie Simpson, MD - brand share 13.0%
General Practice Physician average

13% brand-name claims vs 85% generic, on 8,635 2024 Medicare Part D claims.

The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

8,635
Total Claims
$936K
Total Drug Cost
594
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
21,192.3
Total Day Supply
614,681
Brand vs Generic
13% brand / 85% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$787K
Generic Drug Cost
$136K
Opioid Claims
84 (1.0% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
460

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
69.4 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.84
Gender Split
68% female / 32% male
Age Distribution
<65: 122, 65-74: 292, 75-84: 148, 85+: 32

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Melanie Simpson, MD prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2024
Drug Claims
Atorvastatin Calcium
480
Lisinopril
277
Amlodipine Besylate
274
Losartan Potassium
268
Metformin Hcl
245
Levothyroxine Sodium
224
Omeprazole
224
Gabapentin
183
Montelukast Sodium
166
Rosuvastatin Calcium
163

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

General Practice Physician Overview

How Melanie Simpson, MD fits within the General Practice Physician landscape nationally.

16,838
General Practice Physician Providers in US
56
States with General Practice Physician
2,957
Avg Claims per Provider

Melanie Simpson, MD's 8,635 claims are above the specialty average of 2,957.

Nationwide General Practice Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Simpson, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Same NPPES enumeration year (2008)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Nearby General Practice Physician Providers in Florida

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Florida, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Simpson.

One of 2,227 General Practice Physician providers enrolled in Florida, 5 are shown here.

Compare General Practice Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Melanie Simpson, MD's specialty?
Melanie Simpson, MD specializes in General Practice Physician and practices in Saint Cloud, Florida. Credentials: MD.
How much does Melanie Simpson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Simpson, MD wrote 8,635 Medicare Part D claims totaling $936K in drug costs for 594 beneficiaries.
Where is Melanie Simpson, MD located?
Melanie Simpson, MD is located at 3505 PROGRESS LN, Saint Cloud, FL, 34769. Phone: (407) 891-8044.
What is Melanie Simpson, MD's NPI number?
Melanie Simpson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275796518, issued on 07/08/2008.
Does Melanie Simpson, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs?
Melanie Simpson, MD's prescribing is 13% brand-name and 85% generic drugs by claim count, with $787K in brand drug costs.
Does Melanie Simpson, MD prescribe opioids?
Yes, Melanie Simpson, MD had 84 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 1.0%.
How many General Practice Physician providers are there in the US?
There are 16,838 General Practice Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average General Practice Physician provider writes 2,957 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Melanie Simpson, MD prescribe most often?
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Melanie Simpson, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Atorvastatin Calcium, Lisinopril, Amlodipine Besylate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Melanie Simpson, MD accept Medicare?
Melanie Simpson, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 8,635 Part D claims and 594 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Melanie Simpson, MD's credentials?
Melanie Simpson, MD's NPI is 1275796518 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

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