Christopher John Fort, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Winston Salem, NC
Christopher John Fort, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1770745671, issued on Jul 1, 2008. Check the license (North Carolina 2012-01623, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher John Fort
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 2012-01623 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3333 Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston Salem, NC 27103
- Phone
- (336) 718-8383
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2008
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (336) 718-9622
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130130000277); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher John Fort in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2012-01623Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
26% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
385 Medicare Part D claims for 187 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone34 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium32 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl22 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate17 claims
- Carvedilol12 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11 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: $1,038.21
53 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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 one group practice
- Novant Health Medical Group, LLCCharlotte, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher John Fort among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
Christopher John Fort, M.D. is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 33% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
183 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 183 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Christopher John Fort, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher John Fort, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770745671, issued on Jul 1, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher John Fort, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3333 Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston Salem, NC, 27103. Phone: (336) 718-8383. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher John Fort, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2012-01623, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher John Fort, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher John Fort, M.D. had 385 Medicare Part D claims for 187 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.