Melissa S. Kent, PA-C
Physician Assistant · El Cajon, CA
Melissa S. Kent, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in El Cajon, California, and NPI 1699737676, issued on Apr 5, 2006. Check the license (California 53433, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa S. Kent
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 53433 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1400 N Johnson Ave Ste 101, El Cajon, CA 92020
- Phone
- (619) 442-0277
- Enumerated
- Apr 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 16, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241209000630); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa S. Kent in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 53433Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $52.31
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Appledore Medical Group IncPortsmouth, NH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa S. Kent among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Melissa S. Kent, PA-C 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. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
33 physician assistant records list a practice address in El Cajon
They are 33 of the 3,277 NPPES records with a practice address in El Cajon, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Melissa S. Kent, PA-C's NPI number?
Melissa S. Kent, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699737676, issued on Apr 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa S. Kent, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1400 N Johnson Ave Ste 101, El Cajon, CA, 92020. Phone: (619) 442-0277. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa S. Kent, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number 53433, as entered by the provider. 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. 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.