NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Melissa Claire Bentley, APN

Women's Health Nurse Practitioner · Wayne, NJ

Melissa Claire Bentley, APN is a women's health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Wayne, New Jersey, and NPI 1306283841, issued on May 23, 2013. Check the license (New Jersey 26NJ00431800, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1306283841
Name
Melissa Claire Bentley
Credential
APN
Primary taxonomy
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner 363LW0102X
License number
26NJ00431800 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1777 Hamburg Tpke, Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone
(973) 831-1800
Enumerated
May 23, 2013
Record last updated
Jun 24, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20140929000763); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
    Search for license 26NJ00431800    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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22% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average women's health nurse practitioner in 2024

170 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries, against an average of 217 among the 3,809 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.

  1. Melissa Bentley170
  2. Specialty average217

Most prescribed

  1. Estradiol38 claims
  2. Clotrimazole-Betamethasone16 claims
  3. Fluconazole12 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: $248.96

14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 3,574 providers of this specialty with any payment received $426.02 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Melissa Bentley$248.96
  2. Specialty average$426.02

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

  1. Lifeline Medical Associates LLCDenville, NJ

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Melissa Claire Bentley among 281 women's health nurse practitioner records in New Jersey

Melissa Claire Bentley, APN is one of 281 women's health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New Jersey. 64% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 37% of them.

  • NPI issued2013 · 37% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
  • Graduated2013 · median 2019 among the 127 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2013 · 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 363LW0102X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Women's Health Nurse Practitioner providers in New Jersey

There are 281 women's health nurse practitioner records in New Jersey.

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The 8 women's health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Emily Pomante, APNWayne, NJ 074701497131114
  2. Kate LevyRidgewood, NJ 074501851974547
  3. Edita Luansing, WHNP-BCRidgewood, NJ 074501598141053
  4. Dina Shaw, WHNPRamsey, NJ 074461548917487
  5. Kathleen Kelleher, RNC,MSN,DMH,NPCPompton Plains, NJ 074441841417516
  6. Stefanie Mathews, RNC, APN, WHNP-BCPaterson, NJ 075031821320946
  7. Carla Rizzo, A.P.N.-C, MSNPaterson, NJ 075031528296589
  8. Jessica Romero-Loaiza, MSN, RN, WHNP-BCTotowa, NJ 075121992657704

Common questions

What is Melissa Claire Bentley, APN's NPI number?

Melissa Claire Bentley, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306283841, issued on May 23, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melissa Claire Bentley, APN located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1777 Hamburg Tpke, Wayne, NJ, 07470. Phone: (973) 831-1800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melissa Claire Bentley, APN's license?

NPPES lists New Jersey license number 26NJ00431800, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Melissa Claire Bentley, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melissa Claire Bentley, APN had 170 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries; the average among women's health nurse practitioner prescribers was 217. 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.