Merlinda Hawkins, DNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Las Cruces, NM
Merlinda Hawkins, DNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and NPI 1639839079, issued on Dec 27, 2021. Check the license (New Mexico 65837, as entered in NPPES) with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Merlinda Hawkins
- Credential
- DNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 65837 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2550 Samaritan Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88001
- Phone
- (575) 386-5778
- Enumerated
- Dec 27, 2021
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (575) 680-2812
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231102001941); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Merlinda Hawkins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this profession
Search for license 65837Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 72.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $88.08
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Insulet Corporation. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Merlinda Hawkins among 1,642 family nurse practitioner records in New Mexico
Merlinda Hawkins, DNP is one of 1,642 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New Mexico. 77% 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 68% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 68% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2019 among the 1,049 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
146 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Las Cruces
They are 146 of the 5,468 NPPES records with a practice address in Las Cruces, and 1,642 family nurse practitioner records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is Merlinda Hawkins, DNP's NPI number?
Merlinda Hawkins, DNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639839079, issued on Dec 27, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Merlinda Hawkins, DNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2550 Samaritan Dr, Las Cruces, NM, 88001. Phone: (575) 386-5778. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Merlinda Hawkins, DNP's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number 65837, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Merlinda Hawkins, DNP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 72.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.