Melinda Hunkler
Family Nurse Practitioner · Westerville, OH
Melinda Hunkler is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Westerville, Ohio, and NPI 1164031308, issued on Jul 23, 2020. Check the license (Ohio APRN.CNP.0027159, as entered in NPPES) with the Ohio board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melinda Hunkler
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- APRN.CNP.0027159 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 260 Polaris Pkwy FL 2, Westerville, OH 43082
- Phone
- (145) 333-4706
- Enumerated
- Jul 23, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2022
- Fax
- (614) 533-3160
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220629003408); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melinda Hunkler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Ohio board licenses this profession
Search for license APRN.CNP.0027159Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,180 Medicare Part D claims for 359 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate263 claims
- Eliquis187 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl89 claims
- Xarelto69 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate57 claims
- Furosemide42 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $361.66
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Ohiohealth CorporationWesterville, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melinda Hunkler among 9,647 family nurse practitioner records in Ohio
Melinda Hunkler is one of 9,647 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Ohio. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 61% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2018 among the 6,366 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
94 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Westerville
They are 94 of the 3,300 NPPES records with a practice address in Westerville, and 9,647 family nurse practitioner records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is Melinda Hunkler's NPI number?
Melinda Hunkler's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164031308, issued on Jul 23, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melinda Hunkler located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 260 Polaris Pkwy FL 2, Westerville, OH, 43082. Phone: (145) 333-4706. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melinda Hunkler's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number APRN.CNP.0027159, as entered by the provider. Search the Ohio board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melinda Hunkler prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melinda Hunkler had 1,180 Medicare Part D claims for 359 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melinda Hunkler's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.