Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Carbondale, IL
Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Carbondale, Illinois, and NPI 1225295116, issued on May 19, 2008. Check the license (Illinois 036143045, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melba Margaret Taylor
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 036143045 IL
245926 NY
34866 WV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 405 West Jackson Street, Carbondale, IL 62901
- Phone
- (618) 549-0721
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2008
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Fax
- (618) 457-0469
- Medicaid ID
- 036143045 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251113003048); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Washington School Of Medicine, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melba Margaret Taylor in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036143045Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
172 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 29 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tramadol Hcl12 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl11 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.
Bills Medicare through 4 group practices
- Aspirus Eagle River Hospital And Clinics, IncEagle River, WI
- Aspirus Rhinelander And Tomahawk Hospitals And Clinics, Inc.Rhinelander, WI
- Howard Young Medical Center Inc OF Woodruff WisconsinWoodruff, WI
- Integritas Emergency Physician Services LLCAnna, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melba Margaret Taylor among 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois
Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D. is one of 3,291 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 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 2008, is newer than 39% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 39% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2012 among the 1,867 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 207P00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
37 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Carbondale
They are 37 of the 1,088 NPPES records with a practice address in Carbondale, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D.'s NPI number?
Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225295116, issued on May 19, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 405 West Jackson Street, Carbondale, IL, 62901. Phone: (618) 549-0721. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036143045, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melba Margaret Taylor, M.D. had 172 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.