Cristina Bickford, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Bedford, IN
Cristina Bickford, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bedford, Indiana, and NPI 1467446260, issued on Sep 7, 2005. Check the license (Indiana 01055049A, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cristina Bickford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 01055049A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2900 W. 16 TH Street, Bedford, IN 47421
- Phone
- (812) 278-8800
- Enumerated
- Sep 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 2, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (812) 275-1343
- Medicaid ID
- 200351590 IN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090430000527); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cristina Bickford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Licensing Board of Indiana
Search for license 01055049ACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
20,776 Medicare Part D claims for 864 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 1,426 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,158 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate895 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium886 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium745 claims
- Gabapentin723 claims
- Alprazolam504 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: $20.03
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Indiana University Health Southern Indiana Physicians LLCBedford, IN
- IU Health Medical Group LLCIndianapolis, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cristina Bickford among 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana
Cristina Bickford, MD is one of 2,109 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Indiana. 85% 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, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2005 among the 1,448 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 43% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
9 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bedford
They are 9 of the 367 NPPES records with a practice address in Bedford, and 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana.
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- Steven Perkins, MDBedford, IN 474211730315953
- Stephen Schultz, MDBedford, IN 474211740274471
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Common questions
What is Cristina Bickford, MD's NPI number?
Cristina Bickford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467446260, issued on Sep 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cristina Bickford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2900 W. 16 TH Street, Bedford, IN, 47421. Phone: (812) 278-8800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cristina Bickford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 01055049A, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana at https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/physicians-home/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cristina Bickford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cristina Bickford, MD had 20,776 Medicare Part D claims for 864 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.