Dean Christensen, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Sarasota, FL
Dean Christensen, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Sarasota, Florida, and NPI 1659356293, issued on Dec 7, 2005. Check the license (Florida ME32644, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dean Christensen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- ME32644 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1700 S Tamiami TR, Sarasota, FL 34239
- Phone
- (941) 917-8507
- Enumerated
- Dec 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 17, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 038810600 FL
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1700 S Tamiami TR
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Dean Christensen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME32644Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
80 Medicare Part D claims for 55 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin11 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: $84.60
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Dean Christensen among 4,034 emergency medicine physician records in Florida
Dean Christensen, MD is one of 4,034 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Florida. 84% 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, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 55% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
67 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Sarasota
They are 67 of the 6,548 NPPES records with a practice address in Sarasota, and 4,034 emergency medicine physician records in Florida.
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- Joel Gerber, MDSarasota, FL 342391528042710
- Reuben Holland, MDSarasota, FL 342391457335648
- Mark Johnson, MDSarasota, FL 342391588639520
- Steven Kamm, MDSarasota, FL 342391750365938
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Common questions
What is Dean Christensen, MD's NPI number?
Dean Christensen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659356293, issued on Dec 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dean Christensen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1700 S Tamiami TR, Sarasota, FL, 34239. Phone: (941) 917-8507. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dean Christensen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME32644, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Dean Christensen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dean Christensen, MD had 80 Medicare Part D claims for 55 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.