Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Melissa Christine Lao, MD

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1750720223

Melissa Christine Lao, MD is registered under Family Practice in Elk Grove, California. Graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 2013, 13 years ago. Practices with Regents of the University of California, a 563-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
13
Trained at
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2013
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

9394 Big Horn Blvd
Elk Grove, CA 95758-7977
Phone: (916) 691-8500
Fax: (916) 691-8589
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence A140330 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1750720223
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 18, 2013
Last updated in NPPESMarch 24, 2023
Certification dateMarch 24, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolSAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2013 (13 years in practice)
Group practice Regents Of The University Of California — 563 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

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 patients156
Services billed 790 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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Sonder Home Health Care Home health agency · Sacramento, CA · listed as Sonder Home Care Inc
  • Mercy General Hospital Hospital · Sacramento, CA

Colleagues at Regents of the University of California

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 563 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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