Melissa A. Appleton, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Jackson, TN
Melissa A. Appleton, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Jackson, Tennessee, and NPI 1144287053, issued on Apr 26, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 17311, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa A. Appleton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 17311 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 700 W Forest Ave, Jackson, TN 38301
- Phone
- (731) 422-0330
- Enumerated
- Apr 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 29, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (731) 422-0471
- Medicaid ID
- 3064175 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071207000837); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa A. Appleton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 17311Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
616 Medicare Part D claims for 233 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 33 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium34 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen28 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium27 claims
- Levofloxacin22 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate21 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass21 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: $156.62
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- West Tennessee Healthcare Hospitalists IncJackson, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa A. Appleton among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Melissa A. Appleton, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
64 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Jackson
They are 64 of the 2,531 NPPES records with a practice address in Jackson, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Melissa A. Appleton, MD's NPI number?
Melissa A. Appleton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144287053, issued on Apr 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa A. Appleton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 700 W Forest Ave, Jackson, TN, 38301. Phone: (731) 422-0330. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa A. Appleton, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 17311, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melissa A. Appleton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa A. Appleton, MD had 616 Medicare Part D claims for 233 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.