Melissa Larae Braniff
Family Nurse Practitioner · Ocean City, MD
Melissa Larae 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.
- Name
- Melissa Larae 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
- Record last updated
- Jan 28, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200528001382); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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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.
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Verify Melissa Larae Braniff in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland board licenses this profession
Search for license R213557Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Estradiol154 claims
- Alendronate Sodium64 claims
- Valacyclovir38 claims
- Clotrimazole-Betamethasone26 claims
- Gemtesa22 claims
- 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 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.
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; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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 2 group practices
- Tidalhealth Atlantic IncOcean City, MD
- Tidalhealth Specialty Care LLCSalisbury, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Larae Braniff among 4,124 family nurse practitioner records in Maryland
Melissa Larae Braniff is one of 4,124 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Maryland. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 58% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2019 among the 2,370 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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 363LF0000X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Ocean City
They are 6 of the 119 NPPES records with a practice address in Ocean City, and 4,124 family nurse practitioner records in Maryland.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Larae Braniff's NPI number?
Melissa Larae 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 Larae 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 Larae 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 Larae Braniff prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Larae Braniff had 605 Medicare Part D claims for 237 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa Larae Braniff's MIPS final 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), 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.