Melissa Whitesell Black, CNM
Advanced Practice Midwife · Wilmington, NC
Melissa Whitesell Black, CNM is an advanced practice midwife with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1316514920, issued on Jun 10, 2021. Check the license (North Carolina 796, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Whitesell Black
- Credential
- CNM
- Primary taxonomy
- Advanced Practice Midwife 367A00000X
- License number
- 796 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1124 Gallery Park LN, Wilmington, NC 28412
- Phone
- (910) 343-1031
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jul 29, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210624002921); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1124 Gallery Park LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Brian Daily, MDFamily Medicine Physician1427492503
- Catherine Daum, MDInternal Medicine Physician1497863476
- Jessica Davis, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1952860918
- Emily Doyle, CNM, WHNP-BCMidwife1265252266
- Carly Faller, MDInternal Medicine Physician1144800244
Verify Melissa Whitesell Black in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 796Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $15.84
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 3,833 providers of this specialty with any payment received $204.49 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
- Unc Physicians Network LLCGoldsboro, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Whitesell Black among 567 advanced practice midwife records in North Carolina
Melissa Whitesell Black, CNM is one of 567 advanced practice midwife records with a practice address in North Carolina. 57% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 76% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 57% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2017 among the 214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367A00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Advanced Practice Midwife providers in North Carolina
There are 567 advanced practice midwife records in North Carolina.
All 567 in North Carolina → Every provider in Wilmington → Advanced Practice Midwife nationwide →
The 8 advanced practice midwife records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Wendy Rakestraw, CNMWilmington, NC 284121457836934
- Heather Wilson, CNMWilmington, NC 284121629642558
- Jessica Bentley, CNMBolivia, NC 284221194222869
- Denise Davies, CNMBolivia, NC 284221629204870
- Sarah Koenigseker, CNMBolivia, NC 284221528513223
- Emily Lineberger, CNM, WHNPBolivia, NC 284221205692365
- Nicole Rose Cervantes, CNMBolivia, NC 284221528720729
- Shea Stewart, CNMBolivia, NC 284221912792607
Common questions
What is Melissa Whitesell Black, CNM's NPI number?
Melissa Whitesell Black, CNM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316514920, issued on Jun 10, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Whitesell Black, CNM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1124 Gallery Park LN, Wilmington, NC, 28412. Phone: (910) 343-1031. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Whitesell Black, CNM's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 796, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Melissa Whitesell Black, CNM's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.