Melissa Kappes
Physician Assistant · Lake Forest, CA
Melissa Kappes is a physician assistant with a practice address in Lake Forest, California, and NPI 1316802226, issued on Dec 23, 2025. Check the license with the California board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Melissa Kappes
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 21452 Lake Forest Dr Apt D, Lake Forest, CA 92630
- Phone
- (206) 931-1619
- Enumerated
- Dec 23, 2025
- Record last updated
- Dec 23, 2025
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Kappes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Melissa Kappes among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Melissa Kappes is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2025, is newer than 93% of them.
- NPI issued2025 · 93% of these records are older, 3% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 physician assistant records list a practice address in Lake Forest
They are 13 of the 1,008 NPPES records with a practice address in Lake Forest, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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- Jacqueline DareLake Forest, CA 926301588469019
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Common questions
What is Melissa Kappes's NPI number?
Melissa Kappes's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316802226, issued on Dec 23, 2025. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Kappes located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 21452 Lake Forest Dr Apt D, Lake Forest, CA, 92630. Phone: (206) 931-1619. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Kappes's license?
Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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. 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.