NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO

Family Medicine Physician · Santa Barbara, CA

Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1679153704, issued on Apr 13, 2021. Check the license (California 20A20336, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; 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
1679153704
Name
Melody Rebecca Fulton
Credential
DO
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
20A20336 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
111 E Victoria St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone
(805) 564-3233
Enumerated
Apr 13, 2021
Record last updated
Aug 30, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240723003633); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
West Virginia University School Of Medicine, 2021
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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Also registered at 111 E Victoria St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Wanda Kim-Hayes, PAMedical Physician Assistant1760718985
  2. Sonal Phatak, M.D.Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1932291119
  3. Louise Stewart, MDDermatology Physician1629066030

Verify Melody Rebecca Fulton in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

495 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Melody Fulton495
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Lisinopril27 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium21 claims
  3. Losartan Potassium19 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium17 claims
  5. Amlodipine Besylate15 claims
  6. Gabapentin15 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: $23.17

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Ortho Dermatologics, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Melody Fulton$23.17
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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. The Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSanta Barbara, CA

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

Melody Rebecca Fulton among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 91% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 91% of these records are older, 6% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated2021 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

90 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Santa Barbara

They are 90 of the 5,328 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Barbara, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ambareen Ahmed, DOSanta Barbara, CA 931011720641079
  2. Polly Baldwin, MDSanta Barbara, CA 931011336150069
  3. Julian Becher, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011982050704
  4. Juliana Bennison, MDSanta Barbara, CA 931011679951396
  5. Adam Buhalog, MDSanta Barbara, CA 931011851708887
  6. Scott Kozak, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011164443784
  7. John Kunz, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011649376351
  8. Susan Lawton, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011659390110

Common questions

What is Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO's NPI number?

Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679153704, issued on Apr 13, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 111 E Victoria St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Phone: (805) 564-3233. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO's license?

NPPES lists California license number 20A20336, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melody Rebecca Fulton, DO had 495 Medicare Part D claims for 119 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.