Melody Swinford, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Quitman, TX
Melody Swinford, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Quitman, Texas, and NPI 1356412316, issued on Nov 13, 2006. Check the license (Texas L4202, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melody Swinford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- L4202 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 606 E Goode St, Quitman, TX 75783
- Phone
- (903) 763-2421
- Enumerated
- Nov 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 14, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (903) 763-0812
- Medicaid ID
- 153781301 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100819000679); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri, Kansas City, School Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 606 E Goode St
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Verify Melody Swinford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L4202Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,457 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 314 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium310 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium305 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium291 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate260 claims
- Lisinopril243 claims
- Omeprazole165 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Family Care Center QuitmanQuitman, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melody Swinford among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Melody Swinford, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 51% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
8 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Quitman
They are 8 of the 47 NPPES records with a practice address in Quitman, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Melody Swinford, MD's NPI number?
Melody Swinford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356412316, issued on Nov 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melody Swinford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 606 E Goode St, Quitman, TX, 75783. Phone: (903) 763-2421. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melody Swinford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L4202, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melody Swinford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melody Swinford, MD had 6,457 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melody Swinford, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.1 of 100. 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.