Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC
Physician Assistant · Midland, TX
Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC is a physician assistant with a practice address in Midland, Texas, and NPI 1366728909, issued on Oct 27, 2011. Check the license (Texas PA07511, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Ryan Vela
- Credential
- PAC
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA07511 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5000 Briarwood Ave, Midland, TX 79707
- Phone
- (432) 682-5385
- Enumerated
- Oct 27, 2011
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (432) 682-1265
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140110000969); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Ryan Vela in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA07511Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
1,824 Medicare Part D claims for 406 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium205 claims
- Ezetimibe131 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate114 claims
- Carvedilol102 claims
- Eliquis95 claims
- Lisinopril87 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.6 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: $1,472.02
88 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Permian Cardiology, Inc.Midland, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Ryan Vela among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 30% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 30% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC's NPI number?
Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366728909, issued on Oct 27, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5000 Briarwood Ave, Midland, TX, 79707. Phone: (432) 682-5385. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA07511, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC had 1,824 Medicare Part D claims for 406 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Ryan Vela, PAC's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.6 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.