NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Porsha Melcher

Podiatrist · Sugar Land, TX

Porsha Melcher is a podiatrist with a practice address in Sugar Land, Texas, and NPI 1437568136, issued on Aug 6, 2014. Check the license (Texas 3142, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1437568136
Name
Porsha Melcher
Primary taxonomy
Podiatrist 213E00000X
License number
3142 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2121 Williams Trace Blvd Ste 300, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone
(281) 747-7620
Enumerated
Aug 6, 2014
Record last updated
Mar 13, 2025
Fax
(281) 747-7621
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230413003026); accepts Medicare assignment
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 2121 Williams Trace Blvd Ste 300

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

  1. Tammy Lee, MDSurgery Physician1275738858
  2. Rajnikant Patel, M.D.Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1831105790

Verify Porsha Melcher in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
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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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2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average podiatrist in 2024

779 Medicare Part D claims for 299 beneficiaries, against an average of 314 among the 6,407 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 1% of claims.

  1. Porsha Melcher779
  2. Specialty average314

Most prescribed

  1. Ciclopirox245 claims
  2. Clotrimazole202 claims
  3. Methylprednisolone62 claims
  4. Ketoconazole48 claims
  5. Terbinafine Hcl34 claims
  6. Doxycycline Hyclate31 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $18.90

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 4,596 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,476.60 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Porsha Melcher$18.90
  2. Specialty average$2,476.60

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Aria Podiatry Care PLLCChurch Point, LA
  2. Vein And Artery Interventional Alliance LLCBeaumont, TX

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

Porsha Melcher among 586 podiatrist records in Texas

Porsha Melcher is one of 586 podiatrist records with a practice address in Texas. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 72% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 72% of these records are older, 25% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2001 among the 396 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 213E00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Podiatrist providers in Texas

There are 586 podiatrist records in Texas.

The 8 podiatrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rossie Gomez, DPMSugar Land, TX 774781649269143
  2. Sunita Lakhani, DPMSugar Land, TX 774781487148748
  3. Tiffany Ngo, DPMSugar Land, TX 774781912646860
  4. Christine NguyenSugar Land, TX 774781396127767
  5. Jini Philip, DPMSugar Land, TX 774781659959815
  6. Nesha Prasla, DPMSugar Land, TX 774781497196273
  7. Eric Tepper, DPMSugar Land, TX 774781851300651
  8. Laura Woodcox-Martin, D.P.M.Sugar Land, TX 774781245565225

Common questions

What is Porsha Melcher's NPI number?

Porsha Melcher's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437568136, issued on Aug 6, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Porsha Melcher located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2121 Williams Trace Blvd Ste 300, Sugar Land, TX, 77478. Phone: (281) 747-7620. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Porsha Melcher's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number 3142, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Porsha Melcher prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Porsha Melcher had 779 Medicare Part D claims for 299 beneficiaries; the average among podiatrist prescribers was 314. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Porsha Melcher'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.