Melissa Joy Shelton
Pain Medicine Physician · High Point, NC
Melissa Joy Shelton is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in High Point, North Carolina, and NPI 1114188323, issued on Jun 19, 2008. Check the license (North Carolina 0010-09540, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Joy Shelton
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License number
- 0010-09540 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1580 Skeet Club RD Ste 112, High Point, NC 27265
- Phone
- (336) 883-0029
- Enumerated
- Jun 19, 2008
- Record last updated
- Nov 29, 2024
- Fax
- (336) 883-0867
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Melissa Joy Shelton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 0010-09540Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine physician in 2024
2,847 Medicare Part D claims for 309 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,095 among the 944 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 475 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl174 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen139 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium97 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen94 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate80 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl79 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): 86.7 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: $881.98
51 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 769 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,397.95 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.
Pain Medicine Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 52 pain medicine physician records in North Carolina.
Other pain medicine physician records in North Carolina
- Raye Absher, FNP-CNorth Wilkesboro, NC1316552664
- Ruth Anderson, M.D.Wilmington, NC1518976026
- Gerald Aronoff, MDCharlotte, NC1144277930
- Courtney Auman, MDJacksonville, NC1154563591
- Robert Baranello, M.D.Durham, NC1457848301
- Julia Bates, FNP-BCWinston Salem, NC1720350887
- Sohail Bazel, M.D.High Point, NC1225003353
- Michael Carroll, PAGreensboro, NC1235304205
- Nathan Christie, M.D.Burlington, NC1124052758
- Charles Clover, M.D.Kings Mountain, NC1518288828
Common questions
What is Melissa Joy Shelton's NPI number?
Melissa Joy Shelton's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114188323, issued on Jun 19, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Joy Shelton located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1580 Skeet Club RD Ste 112, High Point, NC, 27265. Phone: (336) 883-0029. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Joy Shelton's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 0010-09540, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melissa Joy Shelton prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Joy Shelton had 2,847 Medicare Part D claims for 309 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melissa Joy Shelton's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.7 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.