Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Raleigh, NC
Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Raleigh, North Carolina, and NPI 1356394704, issued on May 18, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2004-00607, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Lynn Tew
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 2004-00607 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1520 Sunday Dr, Raleigh, NC 27607
- Phone
- (919) 798-5727
- Enumerated
- May 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 1, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 827-1269
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051117001007); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2000
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1520 Sunday Dr
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Verify Melanie Lynn Tew in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2004-00607Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
2,404 Medicare Part D claims for 188 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Lamotrigine144 claims
- Clonazepam143 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate138 claims
- Alprazolam135 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl129 claims
- Lorazepam116 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: $15.80
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Brainsway USA 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
- Peace PsychiatryRaleigh, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Lynn Tew among 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina
Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D. is one of 1,725 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 69% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2006 among the 744 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 53% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
158 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Raleigh
They are 158 of the 16,309 NPPES records with a practice address in Raleigh, and 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D.'s NPI number?
Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356394704, issued on May 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1520 Sunday Dr, Raleigh, NC, 27607. Phone: (919) 798-5727. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2004-00607, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Lynn Tew, M.D. had 2,404 Medicare Part D claims for 188 beneficiaries; 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.