Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Melissa Braniff

Family Nurse Practitioner · Ocean City, MD

Melissa Braniff is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Ocean City, Maryland, and NPI 1215568407, issued on Jan 28, 2020. Check the license (Maryland R213557, as entered in NPPES) with the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordas of Aug 27, 2026
1215568407
Name
Melissa Braniff
Primary taxonomy
Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
License number
R213557 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
12308 Ocean Gtwy Ste 8, Ocean City, MD 21842
Phone
(443) 728-1050
Enumerated
Jan 28, 2020
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 12308 Ocean Gtwy Ste 8

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

  1. Kameryn Lee, MDGynecology Physician1023270600

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland 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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54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

605 Medicare Part D claims for 237 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,302 among the 128,048 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.

  1. Melissa Braniff605
  2. Specialty average1,302

Most prescribed

  1. Estradiol154 claims
  2. Alendronate Sodium64 claims
  3. Valacyclovir38 claims
  4. Clotrimazole-Betamethasone26 claims
  5. Gemtesa22 claims
  6. Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro21 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.

The practice group's Medicare quality score for 2023: 77.5 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score77.5
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%58.1
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%87.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $201.99

9 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 91,435 providers of this specialty with any payment received $675.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Melissa Braniff$201.99
  2. Specialty average$675.31

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

2 hospital and facility affiliations

  1. Tidalhealth Atlantic IncOcean City, MD
  2. Tidalhealth Specialty Care LLCSalisbury, MD

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.

5 family nurse practitioner records list a Ocean City practice address

They are 5 of the 119 NPPES records with a Ocean City practice address, and 3,908 family nurse practitioner records in Maryland.

Other family nurse practitioner records in Maryland

  1. Kanisha AaronOwings Mills, MD1518565324
  2. Nicole Aaron, CRNPQueenstown, MD1538916093
  3. Naomi Abaga, CRNPBaltimore, MD1871054494
  4. Kristen Abbott, CRNPBerlin, MD1700597382
  5. Mark Abbott, FNPElkridge, MD1013452549
  6. Nabila Abdulwahab, CRNPBowie, MD1629341375
  7. Leila Abedi, CRNP-FGaithersburg, MD1699091603
  8. Hayat Aberra, NP-CEdgewater, MD1295275774
  9. Pamela Abina, CRNPColumbia, MD1154709335
  10. Ifedayo Abiola-Matthew, CRNPBaltimore, MD1033781117

Common questions

What is Melissa Braniff's NPI number?

Melissa Braniff's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215568407, issued on Jan 28, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melissa Braniff located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12308 Ocean Gtwy Ste 8, Ocean City, MD, 21842. Phone: (443) 728-1050. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melissa Braniff's license?

NPPES lists Maryland license number R213557, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Melissa Braniff prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melissa Braniff had 605 Medicare Part D claims for 237 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,302. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Melissa Braniff's Medicare quality score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.5 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), loaded Aug 27, 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.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.