Christopher Adam Belfour
Emergency Medicine Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Christopher Adam Belfour is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1518259837, issued on May 4, 2011. Check the license (California 123740, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Adam Belfour
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 123740 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1250 16TH St, Santa Monica, CA 90404
- Phone
- (310) 794-7700
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2011
- Record last updated
- Dec 22, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150709003109); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Adam Belfour in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 123740Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
296 Medicare Part D claims for 193 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 50 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl41 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen36 claims
- Prednisone25 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa21 claims
- Ondansetron Odt16 claims
- Cephalexin14 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): 94.6 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
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Adam Belfour among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Christopher Adam Belfour is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 60% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 60% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 59% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
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- Amy Kijner, PASanta Monica, CA 904041235197849
Common questions
What is Christopher Adam Belfour's NPI number?
Christopher Adam Belfour's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518259837, issued on May 4, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Adam Belfour located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 16TH St, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (310) 794-7700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Adam Belfour's license?
NPPES lists California license number 123740, 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 Christopher Adam Belfour prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Adam Belfour had 296 Medicare Part D claims for 193 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Adam Belfour's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 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.