Melissa Brown, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Springfield, MO
Melissa Brown, NP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Springfield, Missouri, and NPI 1720574643, issued on Jul 3, 2018. Check the license (Missouri 2018023218, as entered in NPPES) with the Missouri board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Brown
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 2018023218 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 E Primrose St, Springfield, MO 65807
- Phone
- (417) 875-3000
- Enumerated
- Jul 3, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jun 6, 2024
- Medicaid ID
- 420056631 MO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180713000360); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Brown in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Missouri board licenses this profession
Search for license 2018023218Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
57% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
1,744 Medicare Part D claims for 429 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 41 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl486 claims
- Myrbetriq267 claims
- Finasteride246 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate152 claims
- Methenamine Hippurate111 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl83 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $300.36
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axonics, Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Brown among 1,720 nurse practitioner records in Missouri
Melissa Brown, NP is one of 1,720 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Missouri. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 57% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2017 among the 1,080 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
139 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Springfield
They are 139 of the 6,403 NPPES records with a practice address in Springfield, and 1,720 nurse practitioner records in Missouri.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Brown, NP's NPI number?
Melissa Brown, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720574643, issued on Jul 3, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Brown, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 E Primrose St, Springfield, MO, 65807. Phone: (417) 875-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Brown, NP's license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number 2018023218, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Brown, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Brown, NP had 1,744 Medicare Part D claims for 429 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa Brown, NP's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.