NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Christopher William Ryder, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Winston Salem, NC

Christopher William Ryder, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1184113169, issued on May 6, 2018. Check the license (North Carolina 2021-01720, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1184113169
Name
Christopher William Ryder
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
2021-01720 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1 Medical Center Blvd Meads Hall Second Floor, Winston Salem, NC 27157
Phone
(336) 716-4629
Enumerated
May 6, 2018
Record last updated
Mar 3, 2023
Fax
(336) 716-5438
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220210000146); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Christopher William Ryder in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

127 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.

  1. Christopher Ryder127
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Ondansetron Odt21 claims
  2. Cephalexin12 claims
  3. Naproxen12 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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Wake Forest Emergency ProvidersCharlotte, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Christopher William Ryder among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina

Christopher William Ryder, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2018, is newer than 80% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 80% of these records are older, 17% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 55% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

174 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem

They are 174 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Howard Blumstein, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571801870209
  2. David Cline, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571811970510
  3. Michael Fitch, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571215911615
  4. Mark Hess, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571124003082
  5. James Hoekstra, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571255315651
  6. Ralph Leonard, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571104800598
  7. David Manthey, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571285618686
  8. Henderson McGinnis, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571174508030

Common questions

What is Christopher William Ryder, MD's NPI number?

Christopher William Ryder, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184113169, issued on May 6, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Christopher William Ryder, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Medical Center Blvd Meads Hall Second Floor, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-4629. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Christopher William Ryder, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2021-01720, 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 William Ryder, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Christopher William Ryder, MD had 127 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Christopher William Ryder, MD'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.