Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Melissa Deanne Knudsen, FNP-C

Individual provider Family Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1447096508

Melissa Deanne Knudsen, FNP-C is a Nurse Practitioner in Springfield, Missouri. Qualified in 2024, 2 years ago. Practices with Lester E Cox Medical Centers, a 243-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Missouri.

Years since qualifying
2
Licensed in
MO
In the registry since
2024
What do these letters mean?
FNP-C — Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified
A family nurse practitioner certified by the AANP.

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Practice location Address checks out

1819 S National Ave
Springfield, MO 65804-2217
Phone: (417) 269-9220
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Specialties & licences

Family Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LF0000X · Licence 20927683 (MO)

Record details

NPI number1447096508
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials FNP-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 8, 2024
Last updated in NPPESJuly 8, 2024
Certification dateJuly 8, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2024 (2 years in practice)
Group practice Lester E Cox Medical Centers — 243 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 patients112
Services billed 226 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age79

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 $970 40 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.

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Practises at

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

  • Cox Medical Centers Hospital · Springfield, MO · listed as Lester E. Cox Medical Centers
  • Coxhealth At Home Home health agency · Springfield, MO

Colleagues at Lester E Cox Medical Centers

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 243 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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