Christopher Alan Penton, M.D.
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician · Hattiesburg, MS
Christopher Alan Penton, M.D. is a sports medicine (family medicine) physician with a practice address in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and NPI 1265851646, issued on Apr 14, 2014. Check the license (Mississippi 28825, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Alan Penton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician 207QS0010X
- License number
- 28825 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 31 Town Center SQ Ste 200, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
- Phone
- (601) 620-6225
- Enumerated
- Apr 14, 2014
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2024
- Fax
- (800) 331-0242
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210610001742); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Christopher Alan Penton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 28825Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average sports medicine (family medicine) physician in 2024
132 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries, against an average of 855 among the 2,237 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 77 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen34 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er13 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl11 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $47.14
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Trice Medical, Inc. The 1,218 providers of this specialty with any payment received $781.49 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
- MS Pain And MigraineSouthaven, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician providers in Mississippi
There are 15 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records in Mississippi.
Other sports medicine (family medicine) physician records in Mississippi
- Nahum Beard, MDSouthaven, MS1306942297
- Kevin Clement, M.D.Hattiesburg, MS1578509725
- Nathan Darby, M.D.Hattiesburg, MS1649470147
- Michael Gilbert, MDGulfport, MS1962080697
- Samantha Glenn EtheredgePascagoula, MS1386221844
- Hunter HaleyOxford, MS1033616412
- Dana Hutton, DOTupelo, MS1609508167
- Micah McKee, MS, ATC, LATGrenada, MS1134769938
- William Ross, MDHattiesburg, MS1194388454
- Henry Sherman, M.D.Southaven, MS1417002965
Common questions
What is Christopher Alan Penton, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher Alan Penton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265851646, issued on Apr 14, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Alan Penton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 31 Town Center SQ Ste 200, Hattiesburg, MS, 39402. Phone: (601) 620-6225. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Alan Penton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 28825, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Alan Penton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Alan Penton, M.D. had 132 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries; the average among sports medicine (family medicine) physician prescribers was 855. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Alan Penton, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.