NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner · Nashville, TN

Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1417373267, issued on Mar 17, 2014. Check the license (Tennessee APN0000018319, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1417373267
Name
Melissa Rikal
Credential
FNP-BC
Primary taxonomy
Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
License number
APN0000018319 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
250 25TH Ave N, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone
(615) 320-5090
Enumerated
Mar 17, 2014
Record last updated
Jan 26, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20140613001197); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024

249 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 34 claims were for opioids.

  1. Melissa Rikal249
  2. Specialty average1,305

Most prescribed

  1. Letrozole24 claims
  2. Potassium Chloride23 claims
  3. Tamoxifen Citrate22 claims
  4. Gabapentin17 claims
  5. Oxycodone Hcl15 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: $43,594.95

128 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.

  1. Melissa Rikal$43,595
  2. Specialty average$651

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

  1. Verdi Oncology Tennessee PCNashville, TN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Melissa Rikal among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee

Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC is one of 9,060 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 33% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 33% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
  • Graduated2013 · median 2017 among the 5,523 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2017 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,518 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Nashville

They are 1,518 of the 24,357 NPPES records with a practice address in Nashville, and 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.

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The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Linda Anderson, NPNashville, TN 372031912992926
  2. Martha Brinson, FNP MSNNashville, TN 372031124083720
  3. Mary Darden, APNNashville, TN 372031144209495
  4. Linda Hughlett, CNM-BCNashville, TN 372031538256664
  5. Jenny Mullen, FNPNashville, TN 372031811982242
  6. Liesel NixonNashville, TN 372031891838710
  7. Chered Pearson, FNPNashville, TN 372031194708578
  8. Rebecca Richey, RN, FNPNashville, TN 372031083749493

Common questions

What is Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC's NPI number?

Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417373267, issued on Mar 17, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 250 25TH Ave N, Nashville, TN, 37203. Phone: (615) 320-5090. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number APN0000018319, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melissa Rikal, FNP-BC had 249 Medicare Part D claims for 89 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.