Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD
Nephrology Physician · San Francisco, CA
Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD is a nephrology physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1922661339, issued on Apr 22, 2019. Check the license (California A201939, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Ramsay Showers
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License numbers
- A201939 CA
MD486348 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 500 Parnassus Ave # Muw418, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Phone
- (415) 476-2172
- Enumerated
- Apr 22, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250616003736); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 500 Parnassus Ave # Muw418
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Grant Gifford, DONephrology Physician1578149258
Verify Christopher Ramsay Showers in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A201939Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
77 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Olmesartan Medoxomil12 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $99.30
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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 3 group practices
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Francisco, CA
- Ucsf Medical Group Business ServicesBurlingame, CA
- University OF California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Ramsay Showers among 1,468 nephrology physician records in California
Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD is one of 1,468 nephrology physician records with a practice address in California. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 95% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 95% of these records are older, 3% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2001 among the 1,128 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in California
There are 1,468 nephrology physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922661339, issued on Apr 22, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 500 Parnassus Ave # Muw418, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 476-2172. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A201939, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD had 77 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Ramsay Showers, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. 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.