What is Nicolas Melo's specialty?

Nicolas Melo (NPI 1972528305) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in West Hollywood, CA.

Where does Nicolas Melo practice?

Nicolas Melo practices in West Hollywood, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972528305.

How much does Medicare pay Nicolas Melo?

Nicolas Melo (NPI 1972528305) received approximately $52K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 185 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972528305

Nicolas MeloM.D., M.S.

General SurgeryWest Hollywood, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

154

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

227

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$22K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,763 General Surgery providers in CA — above median (cohort median 269).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

93.2

Quality

77.8

Cost

71.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

98.0

Payment adjustment

0.77%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$74

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$74

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$74

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nicolas Melo'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). 33 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Elton Tourje Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	79	465
Michael Witkosky Diagnostic Radiology · Sacramento, CA	77	361
Dayle Robson Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	66	298
Rodrigo Alban Critical Care (Intensivists) · Los Angeles, CA	65	641
City Of Los Angeles Ambulance Service Provider · Los Angeles, CA	59	147
Matthew Bloom General Surgery · San Jose, CA	56	338
Jason Aaronson Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	51	225
Rex Chung Critical Care (Intensivists) · Loma Linda, CA	48	396
Cindy Kallman Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	45	146
Thomas Learch Diagnostic Radiology · West Hollywood, CA	39	104
Willis Wagner Vascular Surgery · Los Angeles, CA	38	170
Reza Arsanjani Cardiology · Scottsdale, AZ	37	105

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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