Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Mrs. Melinda L Cherrington

Individual provider Family Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1801156633

Mrs. Melinda L Cherrington is a Nurse Practitioner in Columbia, Missouri. Qualified in 2011, 15 years ago. Practices with The Curators of the University of Missouri, a 1,093-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Missouri.

Years since qualifying
15
Licensed in
MO
In the registry since
2012
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Practice location Address checks out

1 Hospital Dr
Columbia, MO 65212-0001
Phone: (573) 884-1995
Fax: (573) 884-7453
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Specialties & licences

Family Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LF0000X · Licence 2011037430 (MO)

Record details

NPI number1801156633
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedMay 27, 2012
Last updated in NPPESApril 12, 2019

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2011 (15 years in practice)
Group practice The Curators Of The University Of Missouri — 1093 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 patients203
Services billed 544 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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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 $863 60 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $68 1 payment · educational material or training, 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.

Colleagues at The Curators of the University of Missouri

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1093 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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