Melissa Plessner, DO
Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX
Melissa Plessner, DO is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1508113853, issued on Aug 6, 2012. Check the license (Texas P6247, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Plessner
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- P6247 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 500-6526
- Enumerated
- Aug 6, 2012
- Record last updated
- Sep 19, 2024
- Fax
- (713) 500-6530
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130807000177); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York College Of Osteo Medicine Of New York Institute Of Technology, 2010
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Plessner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P6247Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
215 Medicare Part D claims for 86 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 32 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl16 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
- UT PhysiciansHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Plessner among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Melissa Plessner, DO is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 36% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 36% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is Melissa Plessner, DO's NPI number?
Melissa Plessner, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508113853, issued on Aug 6, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Plessner, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 500-6526. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Plessner, DO's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P6247, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melissa Plessner, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Plessner, DO had 215 Medicare Part D claims for 86 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.