Christopher M. Shelton, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Irving, TX
Christopher M. Shelton, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Irving, Texas, and NPI 1497829618, issued on Nov 20, 2006. Check the license (Texas K0379, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher M. Shelton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K0379 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2021 N Macarthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75061
- Phone
- (972) 253-2515
- Enumerated
- Nov 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 2, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (972) 253-4217
- Medicaid ID
- 120606201 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091202000619); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1995
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher M. Shelton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K0379Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
11,774 Medicare Part D claims for 813 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 353 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium546 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium519 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate373 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium366 claims
- Metformin Hcl305 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium300 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: $43.87
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Healthtexas Provider NetworkIrving, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher M. Shelton among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Christopher M. Shelton, M.D. is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
90 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Irving
They are 90 of the 3,532 NPPES records with a practice address in Irving, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Christopher M. Shelton, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher M. Shelton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497829618, issued on Nov 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher M. Shelton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2021 N Macarthur Blvd, Irving, TX, 75061. Phone: (972) 253-2515. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher M. Shelton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K0379, 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.
How much does Christopher M. Shelton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher M. Shelton, M.D. had 11,774 Medicare Part D claims for 813 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.