Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C
Physician Assistant · New Haven, CT
Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in New Haven, Connecticut, and NPI 1780426171, issued on Jun 7, 2024. Check the license with the Connecticut board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Claire Tama
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510
- Phone
- (203) 432-4771
- Enumerated
- Jun 7, 2024
- Record last updated
- Jun 7, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240926003680); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa Claire Tama in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Connecticut 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
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
36 Medicare Part D claims, 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $31.60
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Organon Llc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Person Family Medical Center IncorporatedRoxboro, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Claire Tama among 2,047 physician assistant records in Connecticut
Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C is one of 2,047 physician assistant records with a practice address in Connecticut. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 82% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2024 · median 2018 among the 1,338 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 42% 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 Connecticut practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
256 physician assistant records list a practice address in New Haven
They are 256 of the 9,793 NPPES records with a practice address in New Haven, and 2,047 physician assistant records in Connecticut.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C's NPI number?
Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780426171, issued on Jun 7, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT, 06510. Phone: (203) 432-4771. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C's license?
Search the Connecticut board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Claire Tama, PA-C had 36 Medicare Part D claims; 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.