Christopher B. Colwell, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · San Francisco, CA
Christopher B. Colwell, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1629092788, issued on Jul 26, 2006. Check the license (California G142756, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher B. Colwell
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- G142756 CA
34341 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
- Phone
- (628) 206-8000
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 7, 2026
- Medicaid ID
- 69802033 CO
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher B. Colwell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G142756Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
22 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 91.9 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $95.81
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Getinge USA Sales, LLC. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Christopher B. Colwell among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Christopher B. Colwell, MD 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 59% of these records are
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Christopher B. Colwell, MD's NPI number?
Christopher B. Colwell, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629092788, issued on Jul 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher B. Colwell, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94110. Phone: (628) 206-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher B. Colwell, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G142756, 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 B. Colwell, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher B. Colwell, MD had 22 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher B. Colwell, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 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.