Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Far Rockaway, NY
Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Far Rockaway, New York, and NPI 1841781010, issued on May 23, 2018. Check the license (New York 029942, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Carolina Riess
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 029942 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1612 Central Ave, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
- Phone
- (718) 223-5820
- Enumerated
- May 23, 2018
- Record last updated
- May 21, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20260128001724); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Carolina Riess in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 029942Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
50 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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
- Suffolk Primary Health LLCRiverhead, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Carolina Riess among 15,555 physician assistant records in New York
Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C is one of 15,555 physician assistant records with a practice address in New York. 74% 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 51% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 51% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2018 among the 8,158 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 48% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
42 physician assistant records list a practice address in Far Rockaway
They are 42 of the 1,696 NPPES records with a practice address in Far Rockaway, and 15,555 physician assistant records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C's NPI number?
Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841781010, issued on May 23, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1612 Central Ave, Far Rockaway, NY, 11691. Phone: (718) 223-5820. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 029942, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Carolina Riess, PA-C had 50 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.