Vahe Melkonyan, MD
Specialist · Sherman Oaks, CA
Vahe Melkonyan, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Sherman Oaks, California, and NPI 1073664934, issued on Jan 16, 2007. Check the license (California A97645, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vahe Melkonyan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- A97645 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4910 Van Nuys Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
- Phone
- (818) 855-2230
- Enumerated
- Jan 16, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 29, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (818) 616-9065
- Medicaid ID
- 00A976450 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070703000360); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vahe Melkonyan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A97645Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
94 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 22% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide23 claims
- Meloxicam17 claims
- Eliquis16 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: $76.18
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Practica IncSherman Oaks, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vahe Melkonyan among 5,749 specialist records in California
Vahe Melkonyan, MD is one of 5,749 specialist records with a practice address in California. 30% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 40% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 30% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 1989 among the 1,075 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 specialist records list a practice address in Sherman Oaks
They are 21 of the 2,691 NPPES records with a practice address in Sherman Oaks, and 5,749 specialist records in California.
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The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nancy Ahn, M.D.Sherman Oaks, CA 914031033414933
- Jonathan Botts, M.D.Sherman Oaks, CA 914031457506347
- Vivian CuevasSherman Oaks, CA 914031790136513
- Jane Frey, MDSherman Oaks, CA 914031922005297
- Richard Nussbaum, M.D.Sherman Oaks, CA 914031972528297
- Robert Ossorio, M.D.Sherman Oaks, CA 914031194162073
- Khosrow Sadrieh, M.D.Sherman Oaks, CA 914031487735692
- Domenick Sisto, M.D.Sherman Oaks, CA 914031568427029
Common questions
What is Vahe Melkonyan, MD's NPI number?
Vahe Melkonyan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073664934, issued on Jan 16, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vahe Melkonyan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4910 Van Nuys Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91403. Phone: (818) 855-2230. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vahe Melkonyan, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A97645, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Vahe Melkonyan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vahe Melkonyan, MD had 94 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vahe Melkonyan, 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.