Christopher Donald Shank, M.D.
Neurological Surgery Physician · Fort Worth, TX
Christopher Donald Shank, M.D. is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Fort Worth, Texas, and NPI 1336582246, issued on Apr 10, 2013. Check the license (Texas S5070, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Donald Shank
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License number
- S5070 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 5TH Ave Ste 500, Fort Worth, TX 76104
- Phone
- (817) 250-4280
- Enumerated
- Apr 10, 2013
- Record last updated
- Feb 21, 2022
- Fax
- (817) 250-4281
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200806002926); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 800 5TH Ave Ste 500
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Anna Brown, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1710412374
Verify Christopher Donald Shank in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S5070Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75.3 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: $588.83
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was icotec Medical Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 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
- Texas Health Physicians GroupFort Worth, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Donald Shank among 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas
Christopher Donald Shank, M.D. is one of 669 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 75% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2004 among the 451 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas.
All 669 in Texas → Every provider in Fort Worth → Neurological Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Brent Alford, M.D.Fort Worth, TX 761041467488288
- Philip Bechtel, M.D.Fort Worth, TX 761041073555736
- David Donahue, MDFort Worth, TX 761041578671632
- Thomas Ellis, M.D.Fort Worth, TX 761041629004445
- Johnnie Honeycutt, MDFort Worth, TX 761041174622732
- Oliver Kesterson, M.D.Fort Worth, TX 761041306997515
- Samir Lapsiwala, MDFort Worth, TX 761041891735684
- Yves Meyer, M.D.Fort Worth, TX 761041104852847
Common questions
What is Christopher Donald Shank, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher Donald Shank, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336582246, issued on Apr 10, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Donald Shank, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 5TH Ave Ste 500, Fort Worth, TX, 76104. Phone: (817) 250-4280. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Donald Shank, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S5070, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Christopher Donald Shank, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.3 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.