Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
NPIDirectory

Melanie Lynn Frierson, FNP-C

Individual provider Registered Nurse · NPI 1720659758

Melanie Lynn Frierson, FNP-C is a Nurse Practitioner in Picayune, Mississippi. Qualified in 2020, 6 years ago. Practices with Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative, Inc, a 38-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Mississippi.

Years since qualifying
6
Licensed in
MS
In the registry since
2021
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
FNP-C — Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified
A family nurse practitioner certified by the AANP.

See every abbreviation used in this directory →

Claim this listing Report a problem Suggest an edit

Practice location Address checks out

1911 Read Rd
Picayune, MS 39466-2730
Phone: (601) 251-3500
Fax: (601) 251-3504
Show map & directions

Directions in Google Maps · Apple Maps · OpenStreetMap

Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Additional practice locations (1)

  • 153 Frierson Rd, Picayune, MS 39466-8132 — (601) 273-1670

Specialties & licences

Family Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LF0000X · Licence 904383 (MS)
Registered Nurse Taxonomy 163W00000X · Licence 894335 (MS)

Record details

NPI number1720659758
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials FNP-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 9, 2021
Last updated in NPPESJuly 3, 2025
Certification dateJuly 3, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2020 (6 years in practice)
Group practice Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative, Inc. — 38 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients159
Services billed 1,923 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $547 26 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

Check a report, or dispute one, at the source in CMS’s own tool, Open Payments. Corrections go through CMS’s dispute process. This site removes a home address on request and asks for no proof, because that is privacy; it will not remove an accurate payment report on request, because that is a statutory public disclosure.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative, Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 38 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

Other providers in Picayune