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2026 NPPES data Emergency Medicine Physician NPI 1700299138 MD
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Christopher McDaniel, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician in Fordyce, Arkansas.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 66,293 in Emergency Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
3K
Medicare Part D claims · 207 beneficiaries · Emergency Medicine Physician avg: 355
MIPS score
96.9/100
▲ 13 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
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What the federal data shows

Christopher McDaniel, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 96.9/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 2,961 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

96.9/100
MIPS score · +13 vs avg
3K
Part D claims, 2024
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)
≥82nd
pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Christopher McDaniel, MD

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1700299138), first enumerated 06/03/2014.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 2,961 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 96.9/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • Reported

    Hospital affiliations

    4 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.

    Source: CMS Care Compare

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

Compare McDaniel with other Emergency Medicine Physician providers

Same primary specialty, same federal CMS NPPES roster.

Also enrolled in Arkansas

Other specialties in Fordyce: Case Manager/Care Coordinator (54) · Mental Health Counselor (12) · Pharmacist (8) · Professional Counselor (5)

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1700299138 · Emergency Medicine Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-ELITE · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1700299138
  • ENUM-MID 2014
  • TAX-MEGA 66K Emergency Medicine
  • MIPS-ELITE 96.9/100
  • RX-MID 2,961
  • BOOK-THIN 476 in Arkansas
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grant Gerdelman, M.D. · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Christopher McDaniel, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

97 ≥ 82nd percentile 82% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Below this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Christopher McDaniel, MD sits

This provider among emergency medicine physician peers

Across the 14,017 emergency medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Christopher McDaniel, MD writes more Part D claims than 99% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 82% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

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volume, percentile in specialty: 3 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 78 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 55Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Christopher McDaniel, MD, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 99 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one emergency medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Christopher McDaniel, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Christopher McDaniel, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 4 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Christopher McDaniel, MD?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 06/03/2014

NPI 1700299138

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine Physician

High-volume

66,293 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

2,961 8× vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 355

MIPS final score

96.9/100 13.4 pts vs avg

Exceptional band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Arkansas

How Emergency Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Arkansas providers

Arkansas providers
Case Manager/Care Coordinator16.8%Behavior Technician6.1%Speech-Language Pathologist5.3%Pharmacist4.3%Mental Health Counselor4.2%Student in an Organized Heal…4%Emergency Medicine Physician0.7%
Largest specialties in Arkansas (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Christopher McDaniel, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Emergency Medicine Physician national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
96.9/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%96.9%
MIPS final score (Emergency Medicine Physician) - 96.9/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

201 N CLIFTON ST
Fordyce, AR 71742
(870) 352-6300

Provider Details

NPI 1700299138
Specialty Emergency Medicine Physician
Credentials MD
Gender Male
NPI Issued 06/03/2014

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

96.9292
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
94.1412
Quality
78.741
Cost

Reporting: Group practice

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Christopher McDaniel, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

According to CMS billing records, Christopher McDaniel, MD is affiliated with 4 Medicare-billing facilities, 1 of which carry a CMS Hospital overall star rating.

Ouachita County Medical Center
★★☆☆☆ 2/5
Camden, AR
Acute Care Hospitals
CMS CCN: 040050
Correct Care, Inc.
Ashdown, AR
Ess OF Mcgehee LLC
Mc Gehee, AR
Sevier County Medical Center
De Queen, AR
Critical Access Hospitals
CMS CCN: 041333

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

2,961
Total Claims
$136K
Total Drug Cost
207
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
3,272.4
Total Day Supply
83,639
Generic Drug Cost
$54K
Opioid Claims
20 (0.7% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
67

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
71.7 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.46
Gender Split
49% female / 51% male
Age Distribution
<65: 37, 65-74: 88, 75-84: 62, 85+: 20

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Christopher McDaniel, MD prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2024
Drug Claims
Amlodipine Besylate
 185
Eliquis
Apixaban
144
Donepezil Hcl
 105
Gabapentin
 100
Potassium Chloride
 92
Atorvastatin Calcium
 88
Hydrochlorothiazide
 73
Furosemide
 70
Mirtazapine
 61
Propranolol Hcl
 57

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

More Emergency Medicine Physician in AR → All providers in Arkansas → Compare specialties →

Emergency Medicine Physician Overview

How Christopher McDaniel, MD fits within the Emergency Medicine Physician landscape nationally.

66,293
Emergency Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Emergency Medicine Physician
355
Avg Claims per Provider

Christopher McDaniel, MD's 2,961 claims are above the specialty average of 355.

Nationwide Emergency Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for McDaniel, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (96.9 here).

Antonio Martinez 96.9 TN Girish Sinojia 96.9 TN Grant Gerdelman 96.9 MO Scott Landry 96.9 MO

Same NPPES enumeration year (2014)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Devon Warren Madison Heights, MI Michael Yip Decatur, GA Nicole Klekowski Ann Arbor, MI Matthew Scro Wantagh, NY

Nearby Emergency Medicine Physician Providers in Arkansas

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Arkansas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as McDaniel.

One of 476 Emergency Medicine Physician providers enrolled in Arkansas, 11 are shown on this page.

Dr. Olakitan Akinjagunla
MD
Texarkana, AR
Dr. Hassan Alakshar
MD
Pine Bluff, AR
Dr. Omar Alazzawi
MD
Pine Bluff, AR
Dr. Bhavika Albee
MD
Pine Bluff, AR
Dr. Monroe Albertson
MD
Batesville, AR

Compare Emergency Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Christopher McDaniel, MD's specialty? ▼
Christopher McDaniel, MD specializes in Emergency Medicine Physician and practices in Fordyce, Arkansas. Credentials: MD.
How much does Christopher McDaniel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Christopher McDaniel, MD wrote 2,961 Medicare Part D claims totaling $136K in drug costs for 207 beneficiaries.
What is Christopher McDaniel, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Christopher McDaniel, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 96.9/100 (Quality: 94.1, Cost: 78.7). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Christopher McDaniel, MD located? ▼
Christopher McDaniel, MD is located at 201 N CLIFTON ST, Fordyce, AR, 71742. Phone: (870) 352-6300.
What is Christopher McDaniel, MD's NPI number? ▼
Christopher McDaniel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700299138, issued on 06/03/2014.
Does Christopher McDaniel, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Christopher McDaniel, MD had 20 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 0.7%.
How many Emergency Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 66,293 Emergency Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Emergency Medicine Physician provider writes 355 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Christopher McDaniel, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Christopher McDaniel, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Amlodipine Besylate, Eliquis, Donepezil Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Christopher McDaniel, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Christopher McDaniel, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 2,961 Part D claims and 207 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Christopher McDaniel, MD's credentials? ▼
Christopher McDaniel, MD's NPI is 1700299138 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

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 August 2026.