Melissa Asmar
Epilepsy Physician · Sacramento, CA
Melissa Asmar is an epilepsy physician with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1487188124, issued on Apr 19, 2017. Check the license (California A188322, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Asmar
- Primary taxonomy
- Epilepsy Physician 2084E0001X
- License number
- A188322 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3160 Folsom Blvd Ste 2100, Sacramento, CA 95816
- Phone
- (916) 734-3588
- Enumerated
- Apr 19, 2017
- Record last updated
- Aug 21, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230926002662); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania, 2017
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Asmar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A188322Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average epilepsy physician in 2024
275 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 934 among the 476 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lamotrigine47 claims
- Levetiracetam37 claims
- Clobazam33 claims
- Lamotrigine Er24 claims
- Lacosamide20 claims
- Trazodone Hcl20 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: $401.46
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was LivaNova USA, Inc. The 345 providers of this specialty with any payment received $6,278.39 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
- Regents OF The Univ OF CASacramento, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Asmar among 54 epilepsy physician records in California
Melissa Asmar is one of 54 epilepsy physician records with a practice address in California. 93% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 67% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 93% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2010 among the 43 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 7% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084E0001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Epilepsy Physician providers in California
There are 54 epilepsy physician records in California.
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The 8 epilepsy physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Samantha AllenSacramento, CA 958161457886723
- Kristie BaumanSacramento, CA 958161841789450
- Eniko Nagy-Wilde, MDSacramento, CA 958161790071736
- Ardeep Sekhon, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958161225257975
- Sheela Toprani, M.D., PH.DSacramento, CA 958161912311861
- George SavvidesSacramento, CA 958171497382063
- Jerry Chen, MDStanford, CA 943051861026700
- Robert Fisher, MDStanford, CA 943051669425740
Common questions
What is Melissa Asmar's NPI number?
Melissa Asmar's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487188124, issued on Apr 19, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Asmar located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3160 Folsom Blvd Ste 2100, Sacramento, CA, 95816. Phone: (916) 734-3588. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Asmar's license?
NPPES lists California license number A188322, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melissa Asmar prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Asmar had 275 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among epilepsy physician prescribers was 934. 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.