Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Columbia, MD
Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Columbia, Maryland, and NPI 1396238499, issued on Jun 13, 2018. Check the license (Maryland C0007235, as entered in NPPES) with the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Renee Nickols
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- C0007235 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7120 Minstrel Way Ste 100, Columbia, MD 21045
- Phone
- (410) 290-6677
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2018
- Record last updated
- Mar 13, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200127001437); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest physician assistant records → All 3,224 in Maryland → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 7120 Minstrel Way Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sonam Bhandari, FNPNurse Practitioner1093578031
- Robert Byrne, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1508200882
- Eduardo Castillo Del Castillo, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1275743221
- Hannah Clevenger, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1225786700
- Charrika Kelly, PA-CPhysician Assistant1114517935
- Shoshana LebowitzPhysician Assistant1447077664
Verify Melissa Renee Nickols in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland board licenses this profession
Search for license C0007235Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
71 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium19 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): 80.8 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: $406.32
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. 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 2 group practices
- Gastro Center OF Maryland LLCOlney, MD
- Inova Health Care ServicesFalls Church, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Renee Nickols among 3,224 physician assistant records in Maryland
Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C is one of 3,224 physician assistant records with a practice address in Maryland. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 57% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2017 among the 1,974 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 46% 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 Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
74 physician assistant records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 74 of the 6,690 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 3,224 physician assistant records in Maryland.
All 3,224 in Maryland → Every provider in Columbia → Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mary Carrington, P.A.Columbia, MD 210451669401055
- Josephine Dubon, PAColumbia, MD 210451235638115
- Praveena Gadam, PA-CColumbia, MD 210451669709853
- Jennifer Kim, PAColumbia, MD 210451225029598
- John McAtee, PA-CColumbia, MD 210451659497246
- Mark McKinnon, PA-CColumbia, MD 210451235258971
- Emily Ohland, PA-CColumbia, MD 210451336570456
- Yewande Olasimbo, PA-CColumbia, MD 210451265771109
Common questions
What is Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C's NPI number?
Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396238499, issued on Jun 13, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7120 Minstrel Way Ste 100, Columbia, MD, 21045. Phone: (410) 290-6677. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number C0007235, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C had 71 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa Renee Nickols, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.8 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.