Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Houston, TX
Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1215197694, issued on Jun 10, 2008. Check the license (Texas PA06018, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa K. Nicholas
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA06018 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3450 FM 1960 West, Houston, TX 76042
- Phone
- (281) 444-1738
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2008
- Record last updated
- Sep 22, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 444-3084
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080818000558); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa K. Nicholas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA06018Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
834 Medicare Part D claims for 306 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clobetasol Propionate129 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide127 claims
- Ketoconazole89 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate75 claims
- Nystatin40 claims
- Hydrocortisone38 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,072.34
66 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Yakima Valley Dermatology Inc PSYakima, WA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa K. Nicholas among 2,146 medical physician assistant records in Texas
Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C is one of 2,146 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 68% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 36% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 36% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 44% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2012 among the 953 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in Texas
There are 2,146 medical physician assistant records in Texas.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Summer Cumba, PAGranbury, TX 760481104927136
- Augustina Albright, P.A.Grapevine, TX 760511124117262
- Morris Allred, PA-CGrapevine, TX 760511497928709
- Allison BollingerGrapevine, TX 760511184568842
- Jason Chastain, PA-CGrapevine, TX 760511174893465
- Jividen McCoy, PA-CCleburne, TX 760331891036075
- Amy Nicholas, PAGrapevine, TX 760511811983174
- Manjil GhimireHaslet, TX 760521124821558
Common questions
What is Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C's NPI number?
Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215197694, issued on Jun 10, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3450 FM 1960 West, Houston, TX, 76042. Phone: (281) 444-1738. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA06018, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C had 834 Medicare Part D claims for 306 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa K. Nicholas, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.