Melissa Ruark, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Gainesville, GA
Melissa Ruark, FNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Gainesville, Georgia, and NPI 1659722700, issued on Jun 29, 2016. Check the license (Georgia RN142064, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Ruark
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- RN142064 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 743 Spring St NE, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Phone
- (770) 534-2020
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2016
- Record last updated
- Dec 7, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (770) 534-8025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161013001750); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Ruark in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license RN142064Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
5,957 Medicare Part D claims for 1,176 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate464 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium461 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium418 claims
- Eliquis394 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate323 claims
- Carvedilol311 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): 78.4 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: $870.98
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. 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
- Georgia Heart Institute LLCGainesville, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Ruark among 8,635 family nurse practitioner records in Georgia
Melissa Ruark, FNP is one of 8,635 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Georgia. 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 2016, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 33% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2018 among the 4,544 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 41% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
163 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Gainesville
They are 163 of the 2,998 NPPES records with a practice address in Gainesville, and 8,635 family nurse practitioner records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Ruark, FNP's NPI number?
Melissa Ruark, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659722700, issued on Jun 29, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Ruark, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 743 Spring St NE, Gainesville, GA, 30501. Phone: (770) 534-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Ruark, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number RN142064, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Ruark, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Ruark, FNP had 5,957 Medicare Part D claims for 1,176 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa Ruark, FNP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.4 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.