Sydney Smith Melancon, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Metairie, LA
Sydney Smith Melancon, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Metairie, Louisiana, and NPI 1003310806, issued on Mar 19, 2018. Check the license (Louisiana 321445, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sydney Smith Melancon
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 321445 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3901 Houma Blvd Ste 401, Metairie, LA 70006
- Phone
- (504) 889-1448
- Enumerated
- Mar 19, 2018
- Record last updated
- Feb 17, 2025
- Fax
- (504) 885-8752
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220617000195); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3901 Houma Blvd Ste 401
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Sydney Smith Melancon in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 321445Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,646 Medicare Part D claims for 173 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate140 claims
- Sertraline Hcl136 claims
- Memantine Hcl100 claims
- Trazodone Hcl93 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl91 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er89 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $2,525.22
134 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Our Lady OF The Lake Physician Group LLCBaton Rouge, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sydney Smith Melancon among 583 psychiatry physician records in Louisiana
Sydney Smith Melancon, MD is one of 583 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 81% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 81% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 48% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2005 among the 279 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 583 psychiatry physician records in Louisiana.
All 583 in Louisiana → Every provider in Metairie → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Julie Ceasar, MDMetairie, LA 700061861680274
- Rennie Culver, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061851428494
- Jose Rodriguez, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061235399262
- Jonathon Rynning, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061992845127
- Sidney Smith, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061922148162
- Kenneth Sumner, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061073653275
- Christen Vanasselberg, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061396821773
- Candace Cutrone, MDMetairie, LA 700051447257464
Common questions
What is Sydney Smith Melancon, MD's NPI number?
Sydney Smith Melancon, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003310806, issued on Mar 19, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sydney Smith Melancon, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3901 Houma Blvd Ste 401, Metairie, LA, 70006. Phone: (504) 889-1448. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sydney Smith Melancon, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 321445, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sydney Smith Melancon, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sydney Smith Melancon, MD had 1,646 Medicare Part D claims for 173 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.