Stephen Joseph Melson, MD
Gastroenterology Physician · Forest City, NC
Stephen Joseph Melson, MD is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Forest City, North Carolina, and NPI 1033206461, issued on Oct 6, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9701060, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stephen Joseph Melson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
- License number
- 9701060 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 181 Daniel RD, Forest City, NC 28043
- Phone
- (828) 286-9036
- Enumerated
- Oct 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090505000498); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York At Stony Brook, School Of Medicine, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Stephen Joseph Melson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9701060Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% more Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024
1,217 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium385 claims
- Famotidine170 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl66 claims
- Mesalamine44 claims
- Linzess40 claims
- Metoclopramide Hcl39 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): 95.4 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $39.42
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 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
- Carolinas Physicians Network IncCharlotte, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stephen Joseph Melson among 681 gastroenterology physician records in North Carolina
Stephen Joseph Melson, MD is one of 681 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 83% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2002 among the 498 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RG0100X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Gastroenterology Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 681 gastroenterology physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 gastroenterology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Henry Danis, MDGastonia, NC 280541770560484
- Neville Forbes, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541699766006
- Sachin Goyal, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541174964019
- Suresh Khandekar, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541316917214
- Areej Mazhar, DOGastonia, NC 280541235522426
- Farzad Nowrouzzadeh, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541730249848
Common questions
What is Stephen Joseph Melson, MD's NPI number?
Stephen Joseph Melson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033206461, issued on Oct 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stephen Joseph Melson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 181 Daniel RD, Forest City, NC, 28043. Phone: (828) 286-9036. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stephen Joseph Melson, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9701060, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Stephen Joseph Melson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stephen Joseph Melson, MD had 1,217 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 811. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Stephen Joseph Melson, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 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.