Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL
Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1720391360, issued on Jul 25, 2010. Check the license (Illinois 036.141723, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cherie Bessie Hawkins
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 036.141723 IL
R6500 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2535 S Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60616
- Phone
- (312) 842-7117
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2010
- Record last updated
- Aug 8, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161004000322); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2535 S Martin Luther King Drive
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Cherie Bessie Hawkins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036.141723Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,175 Medicare Part D claims for 356 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 108 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium292 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate279 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide158 claims
- Losartan Potassium131 claims
- Gabapentin100 claims
- Lisinopril99 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $56.36
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationBuffalo Grove, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cherie Bessie Hawkins among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois
Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO is one of 6,215 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 57% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2006 among the 3,714 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,593 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago
They are 1,593 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO's NPI number?
Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720391360, issued on Jul 25, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2535 S Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL, 60616. Phone: (312) 842-7117. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036.141723, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cherie Bessie Hawkins, DO had 4,175 Medicare Part D claims for 356 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.