Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C
Physician Assistant · La Jolla, CA
Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in La Jolla, California, and NPI 1629750328, issued on Aug 2, 2023. Check the license (California 63340, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melinda L. Kwong
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 63340 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9850 Genesee Ave Ste 320, La Jolla, CA 92037
- Phone
- (858) 554-1212
- Enumerated
- Aug 2, 2023
- Record last updated
- Jan 6, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240221004473); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melinda L. Kwong in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 63340Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
980 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate64 claims
- Gabapentin49 claims
- Aripiprazole44 claims
- Buspirone Hcl44 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl34 claims
- Lorazepam34 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: $7,531.77
295 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Monica Perlman MD IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melinda L. Kwong among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 80% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 80% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
136 physician assistant records list a practice address in La Jolla
They are 136 of the 3,648 NPPES records with a practice address in La Jolla, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C's NPI number?
Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629750328, issued on Aug 2, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9850 Genesee Ave Ste 320, La Jolla, CA, 92037. Phone: (858) 554-1212. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number 63340, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melinda L. Kwong, PA-C had 980 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.