NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Melony B. Parent, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Santa Barbara, CA

Melony B. Parent, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1548332125, issued on Nov 15, 2006. Check the license (California G71816, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1548332125
Name
Melony B. Parent
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
G71816 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
5333 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Phone
(805) 964-9886
Enumerated
Nov 15, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 21, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(805) 964-6067
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100907000735); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1990
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 5333 Hollister Ave

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

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  3. Marvin Harrah, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1326145012
  4. David Hirt, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1922105618
  5. Steven Hollstien, M.D.Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician1912087040
  6. Elizabeth Kim, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1962571943

Verify Melony B. Parent 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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46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

1,899 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Melony Parent1,899
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium199 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium166 claims
  3. Valsartan104 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium76 claims
  5. Lorazepam51 claims
  6. Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide48 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $124.98

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme 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. Melony Parent$124.98
  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.

Melony B. Parent among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Melony B. Parent, MD 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1990 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2008 · 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. Olivia Bajor, DOSanta Barbara, CA 931111972544880
  2. Shirley Chang, DOGoleta, CA 931111841879715
  3. Shaun Ehsani, MDSanta Barbara, CA 931111306040712
  4. Chelsea Gipson, DOGoleta, CA 931111659833473
  5. Justin Hwang, DOSanta Barbara, CA 931111912388950
  6. Elizabeth Kim, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931111962571943
  7. Stephan Lenchner, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931111790898492
  8. Steven McMurtry, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931111861423147

Common questions

What is Melony B. Parent, MD's NPI number?

Melony B. Parent, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548332125, issued on Nov 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melony B. Parent, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5333 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. Phone: (805) 964-9886. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melony B. Parent, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number G71816, 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 Melony B. Parent, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melony B. Parent, MD had 1,899 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Melony B. Parent, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.