What is Melody Kniess's specialty?

Melody Kniess (NPI 1033508023) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in New Castle, PA.

Where does Melody Kniess practice?

Melody Kniess practices in New Castle, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1033508023.

How much does Medicare pay Melody Kniess?

Melody Kniess (NPI 1033508023) received approximately $71K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 637 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1033508023

Melody Kniess

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Physician AssistantNew Castle, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,375

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,989

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$66K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 7,199 Physician Assistant providers in PA — top quintile (cohort median 192).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,072

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.6M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Clobetasol Propionate175 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide93 claims

Fluorouracil91 claims

Ketoconazole74 claims

Metronidazole60 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$3K

Payment records

149

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (2)

CCN 390093

Hospital

CCN 390168

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melody Kniess's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 3 inbound referrers · 5 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GROVE CITY MEDICAL CENTER	54	124
David Hoyt Family Practice · Mercer, PA	12	20
Edward Smith Family Practice · Grove City, PA	12	27

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
GROVE CITY MEDICAL CENTER	51	111
Edward Smith Family Practice · Grove City, PA	18	40
David Hoyt Family Practice · Mercer, PA	12	21
BUTLER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS	12	17
Christopher Sprando Family Practice · Grove City, PA	12	49

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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