Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS
Dentist · San Diego, CA
Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS is a dentist with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1598773541, issued on Aug 4, 2006. Check the license (California 45145, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melinda Kaplow-Marino
- Credential
- DDS
- Primary taxonomy
- Dentist 122300000X
- License number
- 45145 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8901 Activity RD Ste 203, San Diego, CA 92126
- Phone
- (858) 578-0800
- Enumerated
- Aug 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 5, 2022
- Fax
- (858) 578-0444
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melinda Kaplow-Marino in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 45145Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dentist in 2024
17 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries, against an average of 86 among the 51,021 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $33.00
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Envista Holdings Corporation. The 31,974 providers of this specialty with any payment received $540.36 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.
Melinda Kaplow-Marino among 14,729 dentist records in California
Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS is one of 14,729 dentist records with a practice address in California. 56% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 56% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 122300000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS's NPI number?
Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598773541, issued on Aug 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8901 Activity RD Ste 203, San Diego, CA, 92126. Phone: (858) 578-0800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS's license?
NPPES lists California license number 45145, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melinda Kaplow-Marino, DDS had 17 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries; the average among dentist prescribers was 86. 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.