Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Norfolk, VA
Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Norfolk, Virginia, and NPI 1053608703, issued on Jul 1, 2011. Check the license (Virginia 0116023723, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Lee Chidester
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 0116023723 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 Gresham Drive, Norfolk, VA 23507
- Phone
- (757) 388-3000
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140826000788); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 800 Gresham Drive
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Benjamin Lee Chidester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0116023723Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
241 Medicare Part D claims for 142 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt40 claims
- Cephalexin28 claims
- Naproxen24 claims
- Famotidine21 claims
- Prednisone19 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl13 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Emergency Physicians OF TidewaterSuffolk, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin Lee Chidester among 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia
Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D. is one of 1,715 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 59% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2011 among the 956 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
72 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Norfolk
They are 72 of the 5,993 NPPES records with a practice address in Norfolk, and 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D.'s NPI number?
Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053608703, issued on Jul 1, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 Gresham Drive, Norfolk, VA, 23507. Phone: (757) 388-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0116023723, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D. had 241 Medicare Part D claims for 142 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benjamin Lee Chidester, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.