Melissa Lara, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Livermore, CA
Melissa Lara, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Livermore, California, and NPI 1679211593, issued on May 20, 2022. Check the license (California A197704, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Lara
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A197704 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7683 Southfront RD, Livermore, CA 94551
- Phone
- (800) 478-8837
- Enumerated
- May 20, 2022
- Record last updated
- Sep 4, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250903001753); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Lara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A197704Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
233 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium34 claims
- Losartan Potassium21 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate15 claims
- Synjardy Xr12 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Lara among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Melissa Lara, MD is one of 17,133 family 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 2022, is newer than 94% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 94% of these records are older, 3% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
20 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Livermore
They are 20 of the 994 NPPES records with a practice address in Livermore, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Lara, MD's NPI number?
Melissa Lara, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679211593, issued on May 20, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Lara, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7683 Southfront RD, Livermore, CA, 94551. Phone: (800) 478-8837. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Lara, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A197704, 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 Lara, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Lara, MD had 233 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.