Christopher Belfour
Emergency Medicine Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Christopher 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 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
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1250 16TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Christopher 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
17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
296 Medicare Part D claims for 193 beneficiaries, against an average of 355 among the 49,029 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 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).
One hospital or facility affiliation
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
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Common questions
What is Christopher Belfour's NPI number?
Christopher 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 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 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 Belfour prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Belfour had 296 Medicare Part D claims for 193 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 355. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Belfour's Medicare quality 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), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.