Christopher M. Basham, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Norton, VA
Christopher M. Basham, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Norton, Virginia, and NPI 1831160530, issued on Jan 30, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101230202, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher M. Basham
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 0101230202 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 482 Hawthorne Dr NE, Norton, VA 24273
- Phone
- (276) 437-3000
- Enumerated
- Jan 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Medicaid IDs
- 005601487 VA
64047533 KY - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080623000256); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 482 Hawthorne Dr NE
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Verify Christopher M. Basham in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101230202Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
22,630 Medicare Part D claims for 811 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 752 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,014 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium788 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate742 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium668 claims
- Losartan Potassium666 claims
- Gabapentin615 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: $1,287.78
88 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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 2 group practices
- Dominion Health And Fitness, IncClintwood, VA
- Holston Medical Group PCNorton, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher M. Basham among 4,137 family medicine physician records in Virginia
Christopher M. Basham, MD is one of 4,137 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 2,426 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
29 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Norton
They are 29 of the 275 NPPES records with a practice address in Norton, and 4,137 family medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Christopher M. Basham, MD's NPI number?
Christopher M. Basham, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831160530, issued on Jan 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher M. Basham, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 482 Hawthorne Dr NE, Norton, VA, 24273. Phone: (276) 437-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher M. Basham, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101230202, 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 Christopher M. Basham, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher M. Basham, MD had 22,630 Medicare Part D claims for 811 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.