NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C

Physician Assistant · Carlsbad, CA

Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Carlsbad, California, and NPI 1740655653, issued on Dec 2, 2015. Check the license (California 53050, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1740655653
Name
Melissa Beth Blake
Credential
PA-C
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
53050 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2176 Salk Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Phone
(760) 901-5100
Enumerated
Dec 2, 2015
Record last updated
Jul 6, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(760) 827-7425
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20161018002505); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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Also registered at 2176 Salk Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Angela Marie Ahn, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1477390060
  2. Theresa Bartolome, MDFamily Medicine Physician1184638223
  3. Chloe Braamse, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1790413367
  4. Mary Casement, MDPediatrics Physician1386668937
  5. Anthony Chong, MDFamily Medicine Physician1790709939
  6. Sandhya Desai, MDGeneral Practice Physician1588688824

Verify Melissa Beth Blake in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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  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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80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

169 Medicare Part D claims for 147 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Melissa Blake169
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Paxlovid20 claims
  2. Cephalexin17 claims
  3. Cefuroxime15 claims
  4. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass13 claims
  5. Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim11 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: $33.53

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Melissa Blake$33.53
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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. Scripps HealthEncinitas, CA

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

Melissa Beth Blake among 14,451 physician assistant records in California

Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 41% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 41% of these records are older, 56% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

40 physician assistant records list a practice address in Carlsbad

They are 40 of the 3,411 NPPES records with a practice address in Carlsbad, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Carley Anderson, PACarlsbad, CA 920081275158305
  2. Marissa Caldarella, PA-CCarlsbad, CA 920081619349826
  3. Rise Curiel, PACarlsbad, CA 920081972957629
  4. John Donnelly, PA-CCarlsbad, CA 920081508548314
  5. Carly Gooding, PA-CCarlsbad, CA 920081447002506
  6. Morgan O'Brien, MS, PA-CCarlsbad, CA 920081114557329
  7. Kimberly PhanCarlsbad, CA 920081912566910
  8. Sara Poggi, PA-CCarlsbad, CA 920081265119911

Common questions

What is Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C's NPI number?

Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740655653, issued on Dec 2, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2176 Salk Ave, Carlsbad, CA, 92008. Phone: (760) 901-5100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C's license?

NPPES lists California license number 53050, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melissa Beth Blake, PA-C had 169 Medicare Part D claims for 147 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.