Melissa Karaffa, APN
Clinical Nurse Specialist · Centralia, IL
Melissa Karaffa, APN is a clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in Centralia, Illinois, and NPI 1356629612, issued on Aug 3, 2011. Check the license (Illinois 209008867, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Karaffa
- Credential
- APN
- Primary taxonomy
- Clinical Nurse Specialist 364S00000X
- License number
- 209008867 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 444 N Pleasant Ave, Centralia, IL 62801
- Phone
- (618) 436-5665
- Enumerated
- Aug 3, 2011
- Record last updated
- Nov 4, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (618) 436-8042
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111006000738); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Karaffa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
Search for license 209008867Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average clinical nurse specialist in 2024
13,440 Medicare Part D claims for 526 beneficiaries, against an average of 957 among the 361 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl1,088 claims
- Risperidone938 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate630 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl578 claims
- Trazodone Hcl563 claims
- Buspirone Hcl503 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: $40.08
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 457 providers of this specialty with any payment received $871.23 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
- Physician Services Corporation OF Southern Illinois IncCentralia, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Karaffa among 162 clinical nurse specialist records in Illinois
Melissa Karaffa, APN is one of 162 clinical nurse specialist records with a practice address in Illinois. 51% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 48% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 51% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 30% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2008 among the 48 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 364S00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Clinical Nurse Specialist providers in Illinois
There are 162 clinical nurse specialist records in Illinois.
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The 8 clinical nurse specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Sherry Livingston, RNCPNPHarrisburg, IL 629461922217140
- Brenda Eden, NPDecatur, IL 625211366676835
- Shelly Kuhns, APRN-FPA, CCNSEffingham, IL 624011134401078
- Amy Katsikas, CNSO Fallon, IL 622691932728169
- Lindsey Senci, FNP-CBelleville, IL 622261649771544
Common questions
What is Melissa Karaffa, APN's NPI number?
Melissa Karaffa, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356629612, issued on Aug 3, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Karaffa, APN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 444 N Pleasant Ave, Centralia, IL, 62801. Phone: (618) 436-5665. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Karaffa, APN's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 209008867, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Karaffa, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Karaffa, APN had 13,440 Medicare Part D claims for 526 beneficiaries; the average among clinical nurse specialist prescribers was 957. 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.