Melissa Kathleen Lower, FNP
NPI 1891351789ActiveIndividual· Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care· Southwest Harbor, ME
Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care (FNP) with Mount Desert Island Hospital, practicing in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Part D covered 2,153 prescriptions written in 2024, 87% of them generic. Gilead Sciences, Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $233.93 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Mount Desert Island Hospital as a hospital affiliation.
Overview
| NPI | 1891351789 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Credential | FNP |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | May 15, 2019 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Jul 14, 2020 |
| Certified by provider | Jul 14, 2020 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care Primary | 363LP2300X | CNP201118 | ME |
| Registered Nurse | 163W00000X | 168089 | NC |
| Nurse Practitioner, Family | 363LF0000X | 5011840 | NC |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner (ME) |
|---|
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 2,153 · 4,385 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 211 |
| Total drug cost | $211,642 |
| Generic share | 87% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Nurse Practitioner |
Medical group
- Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME · 65 clinicians
Hospital affiliation
- Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$233.93 · 2 payments from 2 companies
- 2024$20.09 · 1 payment from 1 company
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $135.00 | 1 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | $98.93 | 1 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Food and Beverage$233.93 · 2 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records