Melanie Wheeler Connell, PT
Physical Therapist in Private Practice · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- 1 flag on the record
- Listed below.
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 25 years
- Graduated 2001
On the public record
- Medicare does not list them as allowed to order and refer
Offices
1 location · California Luna Care Physical Therapy PC · 769 clinicians in this group
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Melanie Wheeler Connell’s office at (866) 525-3175 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
California Medical Board record
Licence A37253 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1981 · expires 2027-01-31 · National University of Iran Faculty of Medicine.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$18,002
Medicare paid this office $18,002 for 29 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | 27 | $7,027 | $19 |
| Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes | 23 | $4,436 | $23 |
| Therapy procedure using functional activities | 18 | $3,016 | $27 |
| Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes | 26 | $2,305 | $85 |
| Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes | 17 | $1,073 | $17 |
Who their Medicare patients are
29 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Health risk score 1.14. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physical therapist in private practice clinician is at 1.03.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 69%.
The office billed $60,980, Medicare allowed $22,940 and paid $18,002; for 755 services of 7 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 29 | 755 | 74 | 1.14 | $60,980 | $18,002 |
| 2018 | 28 | 609 | 71 | 0.97 | $31,705 | $13,266 |
| 2017 | 104 | 2,732 | 74 | 1.35 | $159,520 | $64,236 |
| 2016 | 106 | 2,675 | 72 | 1.50 | $173,250 | $65,736 |
| 2015 | 42 | 869 | 75 | 1.00 | $35,950 | $19,062 |
| 2014 | 80 | 2,057 | 75 | 1.13 | $86,715 | $47,226 |
| 2013 | 68 | 1,865 | 74 | 1.02 | $66,950 | $39,953 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2018: 8 services
| Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes | 22 | $3,411 | $20 |
| Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes | 16 | $2,091 | $26 |
| Therapy procedure using functional activities | 17 | $1,964 | $32 |
| Therapy procedure in a group setting | 18 | $1,484 | $12 |
| Re-evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes | 14 | $1,048 | $48 |
| Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes | 14 | $985 | $66 |
| Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | 16 | $899 | $20 |
| Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care | 13 | $356 | $9 |
2017: 10 services
| Therapy procedure using water pool to exercises, each 15 minutes | 66 | $24,545 | $32 |
| Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes | 50 | $10,933 | $21 |
| Therapy procedure in a group setting | 87 | $7,467 | $12 |
| Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes | 33 | $5,709 | $25 |
| Therapy procedure using functional activities | 39 | $3,994 | $29 |
| Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | 37 | $3,420 | $22 |
| Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes | 26 | $2,483 | $71 |
| Re-evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes | 30 | $2,325 | $46 |
| Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care | 22 | $869 | $9 |
| Training for self-care or home management, each 15 minutes | 22 | $679 | $23 |
2016: 9 services
| Therapy procedure using water pool to exercises, each 15 minutes | 91 | $46,800 | $31 |
| Therapy procedure in a group setting | 96 | $8,164 | $11 |
| Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes | 26 | $2,662 | $24 |
| Therapy procedure using functional activities | 23 | $1,924 | $26 |
| Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes | 28 | $1,867 | $19 |
| Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | 22 | $1,577 | $20 |
| Physical therapy re-evaluation | 21 | $1,056 | $35 |
| Physical therapy evaluation | 14 | $938 | $63 |
| Training for self-care or home management, each 15 minutes | 13 | $371 | $22 |
2015: 7 services
| Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | 41 | $8,500 | $23 |
| Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes | 38 | $4,404 | $19 |
| Therapy procedure using functional activities | 22 | $2,193 | $28 |
| Physical therapy evaluation | 19 | $1,101 | $55 |
| Physical therapy re-evaluation | 17 | $851 | $37 |
| Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes | 12 | $713 | $24 |
| Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care | 23 | $693 | $9 |
2014: 8 services
| Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | 79 | $19,827 | $23 |
| Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes | 71 | $10,638 | $19 |
| Therapy procedure using functional activities | 33 | $5,020 | $29 |
| Physical therapy evaluation | 47 | $3,822 | $64 |
| Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes | 32 | $2,971 | $25 |
| Physical therapy re-evaluation | 45 | $2,315 | $36 |
| Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care | 37 | $1,335 | $8 |
| Application of ultrasound, each 15 minutes | 11 | $298 | $9 |
2013: 7 services
| Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | 68 | $18,990 | $24 |
| Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes | 64 | $9,626 | $20 |
| Therapy procedure using functional activities | 21 | $2,831 | $29 |
| Physical therapy evaluation | 35 | $2,613 | $65 |
| Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care | 44 | $2,488 | $9 |
| Physical therapy re-evaluation | 36 | $1,890 | $37 |
| Application of ultrasound, each 15 minutes | 15 | $640 | $9 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 88.9 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1124244769
- Licence
- CA 37253, FL 19488California A37253: Current · expires 2027-01-31
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 225100000X (225100000X)
- Mailing address
- 17332 Von Karman Ave, Ste 120, Irvine, CA, 92614
- NPI first listed
- 2007-04-18
- NPI last updated
- 2016-05-19
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.