Christa Caroline Defries
Psychiatry Physician · San Francisco, CA
Christa Caroline Defries is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1881190742, issued on Mar 31, 2018. Check the license (California A195854, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christa Caroline Defries
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- A195854 CA
313976 NY
S7197 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 Pine St Ste 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
- Phone
- (833) 351-8255
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2018
- Record last updated
- Oct 27, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240517001543); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 100 Pine St Ste 1250
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Christa Caroline Defries in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A195854Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
138 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Bupropion Xl19 claims
- Clonazepam16 claims
- Dextroamphetamine-Amphet Er12 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Mccd CA Psychiatry Services PCSan Francisco, CA
- Mccd FL Psychiatry Services PAMcKinney, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
763 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in San Francisco
They are 763 of the 38,143 NPPES records with a practice address in San Francisco, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Christa Caroline Defries's NPI number?
Christa Caroline Defries's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881190742, issued on Mar 31, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christa Caroline Defries located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 Pine St Ste 1250, San Francisco, CA, 94111. Phone: (833) 351-8255. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christa Caroline Defries's license?
NPPES lists California license number A195854, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christa Caroline Defries prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christa Caroline Defries had 138 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.