Melissa Deoliveira Sama
Nurse Practitioner β’ Fall River, MA
363 Highland Ave
Fall River, MA 027203703
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
363 Highland Ave
Fall River, MA 027203703
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Southcoast Physicians Group Inc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2022
What Public CMS Data Show
Nurse Practitioner: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2021β2025.
Years since graduation
4 years (graduated 2022)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2022 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2024
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Melissa Sama has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Melissa Sama as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Fall River and Massachusetts
96 active clinicians are listed under Nurse Practitioner with a practice address in Fall River, MA (3,483 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Fall River
39.6% of these 96 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
81.2% of these 96 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2026-02-02NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363L00000X
(1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - NURSE PRACTITIONER
I20260107001264
MA
7810473121
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Southcoast Physicians Group Inc
363 Highland Ave, Fall River, MA 027203703
Phone: 5089735919
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner
Emergency Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Anesthesiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 200 MILL RD, FAIRHAVEN, MA 027195252 (Tel: 5089732000)
Nurse Practitioner (license number reported to NPPES: MA RN2295063)
Registered at 363 HIGHLAND AVE, FALL RIVER, MA 027203703 (Tel: 5086793131)
Registered at 363 HIGHLAND AVE, FALL RIVER, MA 027203703 (Tel: 5096793131)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 18 SHETLAND RD, TAUNTON, MA 027808017 (Tel: 5088636484)
Registered at 18 SHETLAND RD, TAUNTON, MA 027808017 (Tel: 5088636484)
Recorded as MELISSA SAMA
Nurse Practitioner (license number reported to NPPES: MA F07241487)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Nurse Practitioners in Fall River
- Alexandra Moscato, NP
- Lauren Schneider
- Melanie Daignault, ANP-BC
- Dr. Jennifer Shallow, DNP
- Patricia Grindell, APRN-BC, ADM
- Meghan Oliver, NP
Mailing Address
200 Mill Rd
Fairhaven, MA 027195252
Phone: 5089732000