Melissa Rice, APRN
Family Nurse Practitioner · Lafayette, TN
Melissa Rice, APRN is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Lafayette, Tennessee, and NPI 1689151920, issued on Jul 19, 2018. Check the license with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Rice
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 201805691NP-PP OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 207 W Locust St, Lafayette, TN 37083
- Phone
- (615) 666-6425
- Enumerated
- Jul 19, 2018
- Record last updated
- Oct 3, 2024
- Fax
- (615) 666-3261
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201130002107); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 207 W Locust St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melissa Rice in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
9,589 Medicare Part D claims for 681 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 155 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium313 claims
- Gabapentin294 claims
- Lisinopril294 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium254 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa229 claims
- Omeprazole214 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $79.77
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Family Care Center LLCLafayette, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
19 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Lafayette
They are 19 of the 96 NPPES records with a practice address in Lafayette, and 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
All 19 in Lafayette → All 9,060 in Tennessee → Every provider in Lafayette →
Other family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
- Benjamin Aaron, FNP-CCookeville, TN1811454077
- Sandra Aaron, FNP-BCOoltewah, TN1801561964
- Jessica Abbott, FNPNashville, TN1801537287
- Felecia Abdelfattah, APRN BCBristol, TN1497768451
- Angela Abdi, MSN,FNP,BCNashville, TN1780795450
- Hodan Abdi, NPNashville, TN1710383922
- Amed Abdullah, FNP-CNashville, TN1477218774
- Dilmon Abdullah, NPAntioch, TN1467876821
- Redor AbdullahNashville, TN1205344009
- Shams Abed, FNP-BCAshland City, TN1982334884
Common questions
What is Melissa Rice, APRN's NPI number?
Melissa Rice, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689151920, issued on Jul 19, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Rice, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 207 W Locust St, Lafayette, TN, 37083. Phone: (615) 666-6425. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Rice, APRN's license?
Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Rice, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Rice, APRN had 9,589 Medicare Part D claims for 681 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.