Melinda K. Luce, PAC
Physician Assistant · Missoula, MT
Melinda K. Luce, PAC is a physician assistant with a practice address in Missoula, Montana, and NPI 1245250703, issued on Jul 20, 2006. Check the license (Montana MED-PAC-LIC-198, as entered in NPPES) with the Montana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melinda K. Luce
- Credential
- PAC
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- MED-PAC-LIC-198 MT
198 MT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 500 W Broadway St, Missoula, MT 59802
- Phone
- (406) 329-7598
- Enumerated
- Jul 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 10, 2024
- Fax
- (406) 721-3907
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050602001223); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melinda K. Luce in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Montana board licenses this profession
Search for license MED-PAC-LIC-198Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
380 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Methotrexate85 claims
- Prednisone66 claims
- Alendronate Sodium37 claims
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate30 claims
- Leflunomide15 claims
- Naproxen12 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $277.07
14 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
- Western Montana Clinic PCMissoula, MT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melinda K. Luce among 698 physician assistant records in Montana
Melinda K. Luce, PAC is one of 698 physician assistant records with a practice address in Montana. 84% 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, 77% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2016 among the 514 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 42% 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 Montana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
119 physician assistant records list a practice address in Missoula
They are 119 of the 3,567 NPPES records with a practice address in Missoula, and 698 physician assistant records in Montana.
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Common questions
What is Melinda K. Luce, PAC's NPI number?
Melinda K. Luce, PAC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245250703, issued on Jul 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melinda K. Luce, PAC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 500 W Broadway St, Missoula, MT, 59802. Phone: (406) 329-7598. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melinda K. Luce, PAC's license?
NPPES lists Montana license number MED-PAC-LIC-198, as entered by the provider. Search the Montana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melinda K. Luce, PAC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melinda K. Luce, PAC had 380 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melinda K. Luce, PAC's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.3 of 100. 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.