Melody Kniess
Medical Physician Assistant · New Castle, PA
Melody Kniess is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1033508023, issued on Jan 14, 2015. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA057432, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melody Kniess
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- MA057432 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 219 W Fairmont Ave, New Castle, PA 16105
- Phone
- (833) 604-7212
- Enumerated
- Jan 14, 2015
- Record last updated
- Aug 31, 2023
- Fax
- (724) 202-7883
- Medicaid ID
- 1032079020001 PA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150428002105); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 219 W Fairmont Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Madeleine Singer, PA-CPhysician Assistant1265079701
Verify Melody Kniess in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA057432Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,216 Medicare Part D claims for 436 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clobetasol Propionate175 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide93 claims
- Fluorouracil91 claims
- Ketoconazole74 claims
- Metronidazole60 claims
- Minoxidil48 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: $3,073.59
137 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Butler Medical ProvidersButler, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melody Kniess among 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Melody Kniess is one of 3,897 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 54% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2015 among the 2,467 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in New Castle
They are 13 of the 812 NPPES records with a practice address in New Castle, and 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Jennifer Miller, PA-CNew Castle, PA 161051992786156
- Taija Moses, PA-CNew Castle, PA 161051982893905
- Lawrence Shedwick, PA-CNew Castle, PA 161051942370366
- Tony Silva Fernandez, PANew Castle, PA 161051265227102
- Erika Thomas, PA-CNew Castle, PA 161051104530195
Common questions
What is Melody Kniess's NPI number?
Melody Kniess's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033508023, issued on Jan 14, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melody Kniess located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 219 W Fairmont Ave, New Castle, PA, 16105. Phone: (833) 604-7212. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melody Kniess's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA057432, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melody Kniess prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melody Kniess had 1,216 Medicare Part D claims for 436 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.