What is Melissa Watcher's specialty?

Melissa Watcher (NPI 1538195797) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in Newport Beach, CA.

Where does Melissa Watcher practice?

Melissa Watcher practices in Newport Beach, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538195797.

How much does Medicare pay Melissa Watcher?

Melissa Watcher (NPI 1538195797) received approximately $298K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 788 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538195797

Melissa WatcherM.D.

DermatologyNewport Beach, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,572

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,754

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$276K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,546 Dermatology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 2,504).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

319

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$100K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluocinonide65 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide57 claims

Ketoconazole37 claims

Fluorouracil25 claims

Ropinirole Hcl20 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melissa Watcher'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HARRIS HISTOLOGY SERVICES	165	250
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	144	280
Raelynn Tucker Pathology · Laguna Beach, CA	44	87
Joseph Hillman Pathology · Laguna Beach, CA	30	47
David Karlin Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	12	17
Mark Masotto Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	11	12
DEBIN, SUSAN	11	19
Mark Rodrigues Internal Medicine · Orange, CA	11	17

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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