Melissa Kirby
Speech-Language Pathologist โข Murfreesboro, TN
1272 Garrison Dr
Murfreesboro, TN 371292598
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Melissa Kirby is listed in NPPES under Speech-Language Pathologist.
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NPI assigned on September 3, 2018; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 250 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 92507 โ Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or hearing processing disorder: 139 service units.
- 92524 โ Analysis of voice and resonance production: 92 service units.
- 31579 โ Exam to assess movement of vocal cord flaps using an endoscope: 19 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Tennessee (2024, 56 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 328. Middle half: 165 to 877.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 53 in 2020 to 250 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1272 Garrison Dr
Murfreesboro, TN 371292598
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Brentwood, TN. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, P.A.; Otolaryngology Associates Of Tennessee Pc. 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
Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
1995
What Public CMS Data Show
Speech-Language Pathologist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
109 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $22,677 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $17,136 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Years since graduation
31 years (graduated 1995)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1995 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
2018
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, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
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 Kirby 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.
Compared with the same specialty in Murfreesboro and Tennessee
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Tennessee (2024, 56 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 328. Middle half: 165 to 877.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Murfreesboro have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Tennessee (2024, 56 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $23,125. Middle half: $12,133 to $45,981.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Murfreesboro have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Tennessee (2024, 56 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $18,134. Middle half: $9,165 to $36,538.
Too few clinicians listed under Speech-Language Pathologist in Murfreesboro have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
115 active clinicians are listed under Speech-Language Pathologist with a practice address in Murfreesboro, TN (3,731 in Tennessee).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Murfreesboro
0% of these 115 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
0.9% of these 115 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services increased 372% from 53 in 2020 to 250 in 2024.
- 2020: 53
- 2021: 121
- 2022: 153
- 2023: 258
- 2024: 250
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 436% from $4,230 in 2020 to $22,677 in 2024.
- 2020: $4,230
- 2021: $9,744
- 2022: $12,945
- 2023: $22,095
- 2024: $22,677
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 450% from $3,114 in 2020 to $17,136 in 2024.
- 2020: $3,114
- 2021: $7,594
- 2022: $9,688
- 2023: $16,809
- 2024: $17,136
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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92507
Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or hearing processing disorder
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139 | 66 | $200.45 | $71.22 |
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92524
Analysis of voice and resonance production
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92 | 92 | $236.15 | $102.14 |
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31579
Exam to assess movement of vocal cord flaps using an endoscope
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19 | 18 | $540.00 | $177.93 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2020-06-26NUCC Taxonomy Code: 235Z00000X
The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - QUALIFIED SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
I20190221000974
TN
7810235694
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
Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, P.a.
1272 Garrison Dr, Murfreesboro, TN 371292598
Phone: 6158677925
Otolaryngology Associates Of Tennessee Pc
2004 Hayes St, Nashville, TN 372032663
Phone: 6153404000
Secondary Practice Locations
8227 Donaway Ct
Brentwood, TN 370277153
Phone: 6155072104
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Otolaryngology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant - Medical
Physician Assistant
Family Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner (Board Certified)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 1272 GARRISON DR, MURFREESBORO, TN 371292598 (Tel: 6158934480)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 8227 DONAWAY CT, BRENTWOOD, TN 370277153 (Tel: 6155072104)
Registered at 8227 DONAWAY CT, BRENTWOOD, TN 370277153 (Tel: 6155072104)
Recorded as MELISSA KIRBY
Speech-Language Pathologist (license number reported to NPPES: TN 1680)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Speech-Language Pathologists in Murfreesboro
- Dena Trembath, SLP
- Felicia Williams, MS
- Karen Breazeale, SLP
- Lauren Goldschmidt
- Robert Flatt, SLP-CCC
Mailing Address
8227 Donaway Ct
Brentwood, TN 370277153
Phone: 6155072104