Dr. Melissa Zheng, MD

Dr. Zheng practices at Richmond Medical Center in Richmond, California.

Dr. Zheng's NPI, 1932630027, was assigned on March 21, 2017. Dr. Zheng graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Zheng holds Arizona license 70371.

Dr. Zheng's primary practice is Richmond Medical Center, at 901 Nevin Ave, Richmond, CA 94801 in Contra Costa County. The practice phone is (510) 307-1555.

Dr. Zheng's primary practice is Richmond Medical Center in Richmond, California. Dr. Zheng is also affiliated with Mayo Clinic Hospital - Phoenix. The medical group on file is The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zheng to 1 more hospital, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Zheng practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Otolaryngology is Dr. Zheng's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Zheng's licenses on file in 2 states: Arizona and Washington.

CMS data shows 3,056 Medicare services from Dr. Zheng across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 328 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $168,526 for them.

CMS counts 328 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zheng in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 156 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 66% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.40, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Zheng's median patient age at 64, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Zheng wrote 98 Medicare Part D claims for 50 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 36 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $339 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 55 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Zheng for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Zheng accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Zheng, published from 2016 to 2024. 2017 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Zheng has published most often in Laryngoscope. Dr. Zheng's most frequent co-authors are Jolie L. Chang, MD, Elise Delagnes, MD and Neel Kishor Bhatt, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 9 general payments to Dr. Zheng from 6 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $227.

Dr. Zheng graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 2017.