Melissa E. Bishop, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Escondido, CA
Melissa E. Bishop, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Escondido, California, and NPI 1578667077, issued on Sep 13, 2006. Check the license (California C137521, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa E. Bishop
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- C137521 CA
9700473 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 728 E Valley Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92025
- Phone
- (760) 737-6900
- Enumerated
- Sep 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 13, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 891082T NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151113000777); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 728 E Valley Pkwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melissa E. Bishop in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C137521Check 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 family medicine physician in 2024
682 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium77 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate35 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa33 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er27 claims
- Gabapentin22 claims
- Losartan Potassium20 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: $43.87
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Neighborhood HealthcareEscondido, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa E. Bishop among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Melissa E. Bishop, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
63 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Escondido
They are 63 of the 3,509 NPPES records with a practice address in Escondido, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Melissa E. Bishop, MD's NPI number?
Melissa E. Bishop, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578667077, issued on Sep 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa E. Bishop, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 728 E Valley Pkwy, Escondido, CA, 92025. Phone: (760) 737-6900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa E. Bishop, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C137521, 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 E. Bishop, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa E. Bishop, MD had 682 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.