Dr. Melissa Ann Diener, MD

Dr. Diener practices at Allied Digestive Health in West Long Branch, New Jersey.

Dr. Diener's NPI, 1316106347, was assigned on June 5, 2008. Dr. Diener graduated from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2008. Dr. Diener's New Jersey license number on file is 25MA09438500.

Dr. Diener's primary practice is Allied Digestive Health, at 187 State Rte 36, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 in Monmouth County. The practice phone is (732) 222-3805.

Dr. Diener's primary practice is Allied Digestive Health in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Dr. Diener is also affiliated with Virtua Voorhees Hospital. The medical group on file is Allied Digestive Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Diener to 2 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Diener practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Diener's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Diener is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Diener's licenses on file in 2 states: New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, chronic indigestion, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cirrhosis of the liver, colonoscopy, fatty liver, gastroduodenitis and gastroenteritis among the conditions Dr. Diener treats.

CMS data shows 444 Medicare services from Dr. Diener across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 323 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $44,021 for them.

CMS counts 323 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Diener in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 159 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.63, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Diener's median patient age at 60, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Diener wrote 844 Medicare Part D claims for 272 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 649 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $136,061 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 883 claims across 20 drugs.

Dr. Diener accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Diener as offering telehealth. CMS counts 71 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Diener, more than 71% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 286 general payments to Dr. Diener from 29 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 60% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $11,588.

Dr. Diener graduated from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2008.

Dr. Diener is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.