Melisa Bell Poindexter
Mental Health Counselor · Shreveport, LA
Melisa Bell Poindexter is a mental health counselor with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1386496818, issued on Apr 5, 2024. Check the license (Louisiana 8852, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melisa Bell Poindexter
- Primary taxonomy
- Mental Health Counselor 101YM0800X
- License number
- 8852 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1541 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103
- Phone
- (318) 626-0000
- Enumerated
- Apr 5, 2024
- Record last updated
- Apr 5, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240612000341); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melisa Bell Poindexter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 8852Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Lsu Health Sciences Center Shreveport Faculty Group PracticeShreveport, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melisa Bell Poindexter among 5,286 mental health counselor records in Louisiana
Melisa Bell Poindexter is one of 5,286 mental health counselor records with a practice address in Louisiana. 1% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 91% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 91% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 1% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 3% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2013 among the 137 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 72% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 101YM0800X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
695 mental health counselor records list a practice address in Shreveport
They are 695 of the 8,660 NPPES records with a practice address in Shreveport, and 5,286 mental health counselor records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Melisa Bell Poindexter's NPI number?
Melisa Bell Poindexter's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386496818, issued on Apr 5, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melisa Bell Poindexter located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1541 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA, 71103. Phone: (318) 626-0000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melisa Bell Poindexter's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 8852, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.