NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Melissa Brown

Emergency Medicine Physician · Sacramento, CA

Melissa Brown is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1740868868, issued on Mar 30, 2021. Check the license (California A182909, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1740868868
Name
Melissa Brown
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A182909 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4301 X St, Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone
(916) 734-2011
Enumerated
Mar 30, 2021
Record last updated
Jul 14, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250603001367); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2021
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 4301 X St

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

  1. Nilufar Abdul, PAPhysician Assistant1578390456
  2. Gabriela Abril, MDSurgery Physician1841829991
  3. Milan AcostaSpecialist1295675635
  4. Haley Adel, MS, RDNRegistered Dietitian1699465237
  5. Golnoush Akhlaghipour, MDNeurology Physician1902540339
  6. Caroline AlbrightStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1972305811

Verify Melissa Brown in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

14 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Melissa Brown14
  2. Specialty average226

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.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Regents OF The Univ OF CASacramento, CA
  2. Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSacramento, CA

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

Melissa Brown among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Melissa Brown is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 92% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 92% of these records are older, 5% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2021 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

369 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Sacramento

They are 369 of the 33,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Sacramento, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jodie Craig, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171659354124
  2. Greg Hachigian, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171558342022
  3. James Holmes, MD, MPHSacramento, CA 958171427033091
  4. James Kirk, MDSacramento, CA 958171598749848
  5. Nathan Kuppermann, M.D., M.P.H.Sacramento, CA 958171356322150
  6. James Lee, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171730163510
  7. Kerry McMahon, MDSacramento, CA 958171235113549
  8. Robert Narverud, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171457335754

Common questions

What is Melissa Brown's NPI number?

Melissa Brown's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740868868, issued on Mar 30, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melissa Brown located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4301 X St, Sacramento, CA, 95817. Phone: (916) 734-2011. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melissa Brown's license?

NPPES lists California license number A182909, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Melissa Brown prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melissa Brown had 14 Medicare Part D claims; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.