Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP
Nurse Practitioner · Whitley City, KY
Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Whitley City, Kentucky, and NPI 1225258130, issued on Apr 26, 2007. Check the license (Kentucky 5510P, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Beth Cheng
- Credential
- MSN, FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License numbers
- 5510P KY
71002366A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 71 Medical LN, Whitley City, KY 42653
- Phone
- (606) 376-7212
- Enumerated
- Apr 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Apr 22, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (606) 687-3151
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081021000051); may accept Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 71 Medical LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Tabitha CoxFamily Nurse Practitioner1386433100
- Tammie Emerson-Johnson, FNPNurse Practitioner1255314159
- Terry Lawson, APRNNurse Practitioner1851613228
- Merrill Winchester, MDSpecialist1487637963
Verify Melissa Beth Cheng in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
Search for license 5510PCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nurse practitioner in 2024
3,333 Medicare Part D claims for 599 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 368 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate599 claims
- Methotrexate479 claims
- Tramadol Hcl333 claims
- Prednisone298 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl243 claims
- Gabapentin151 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: $2,384.82
122 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Faith Healthcare IncMonticello, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Beth Cheng among 1,830 nurse practitioner records in Kentucky
Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP is one of 1,830 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Kentucky. 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 2007, is newer than 20% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 20% of these records are older, 75% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2015 among the 1,220 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 54% 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 Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Whitley City
They are 5 of the 86 NPPES records with a practice address in Whitley City, and 1,830 nurse practitioner records in Kentucky.
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The 8 nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Stephanie Cash-Smith, FNPWhitley City, KY 426531982687893
- Carl Coffey, APRNWhitley City, KY 426531861811093
- Tammie Emerson-Johnson, FNPWhitley City, KY 426531255314159
- Terry Lawson, APRNWhitley City, KY 426531851613228
- Beverly Szukis, APRNRussell Springs, KY 426421922062710
- Sandra Braswell, APRNMonticello, KY 426331700186343
- Jacob Coffey, FNP-CMonticello, KY 426331194232207
- Ginger ConnMonticello, KY 426331730667759
Common questions
What is Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP's NPI number?
Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225258130, issued on Apr 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 71 Medical LN, Whitley City, KY, 42653. Phone: (606) 376-7212. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 5510P, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Beth Cheng, MSN, FNP had 3,333 Medicare Part D claims for 599 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.