Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician · Cherokee, IA
Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Cherokee, Iowa, and NPI 1871598557, issued on Jun 17, 2005. Check the license (Iowa 03566, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher J. Vandelune
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 03566 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 115 E Maple St, Cherokee, IA 51012
- Phone
- (712) 225-9003
- Enumerated
- Jun 17, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 14, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (712) 225-9004
- Medicaid ID
- 0438754 IA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040803001238); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Des Moines University Of Osteopathic Medicine And Health Sciences, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 115 E Maple St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Samantha Carpenter, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1265327829
- Jenni Sohm, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1457923567
Verify Christopher J. Vandelune in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license 03566Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,821 Medicare Part D claims for 487 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. 141 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium555 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate466 claims
- Losartan Potassium437 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium364 claims
- Omeprazole358 claims
- Furosemide269 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: $665.55
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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 2 group practices
- Christopher J Vandelune DO PCCherokee, IA
- Sports Rehab And Professional Therapy Associates IncStorm Lake, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher J. Vandelune among 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa
Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O. is one of 2,336 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2006 among the 1,367 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 61% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Cherokee
They are 6 of the 102 NPPES records with a practice address in Cherokee, and 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa.
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- Timothy Rice, D.O.Cherokee, IA 510121841295532
- Stephen Veit, MDCherokee, IA 510121710988159
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Common questions
What is Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O.'s NPI number?
Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871598557, issued on Jun 17, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 115 E Maple St, Cherokee, IA, 51012. Phone: (712) 225-9003. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 03566, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O. had 10,821 Medicare Part D claims for 487 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher J. Vandelune, D.O.'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.