NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Frank L. Christopher, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Fort Bragg, NC

Frank L. Christopher, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and NPI 1942273685, issued on Feb 13, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9700034, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1942273685
Name
Frank L. Christopher
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
9700034 NC
022835 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
Reilly Road, Fort Bragg, NC 28310
Phone
(910) 907-7000
Enumerated
Feb 13, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 28, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20131216001281); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Boston University School Of Medicine, 1995
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Frank L. Christopher in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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92% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

433 Medicare Part D claims for 227 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 32 claims were for opioids.

  1. Frank Christopher433
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone52 claims
  2. Ondansetron Odt24 claims
  3. Ciprofloxacin Hcl23 claims
  4. Naproxen18 claims
  5. Meclizine Hcl16 claims
  6. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass12 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.

Bills Medicare through 3 group practices

  1. Sampson Regional Emergency Professional Services, LLCClinton, NC
  2. The Carolinas Emergency Group, PLLCWadesboro, NC
  3. Wake Forest Emergency ProvidersConcord, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Frank L. Christopher among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina

Frank L. Christopher, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated1995 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 55% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

68 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Fort Bragg

They are 68 of the 1,920 NPPES records with a practice address in Fort Bragg, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Eliot Atstupenas, MDFort Bragg, NC 283101710959531
  2. James Czarnik, MDFort Bragg, NC 283101841244688
  3. Thomas Goldsborough, DOFort Bragg, NC 283101477552867
  4. Paul Kleinschmidt, M.D.Fort Bragg, NC 283101760456255
  5. Brian Krakover, M.D.Fort Bragg, NC 283101144206319
  6. Vicki Lanier, MDFort Bragg, NC 283101346213501
  7. Chad Listrom, M.D.Fort Bragg, NC 283101063487130
  8. Andrew Morgan, MDFort Bragg, NC 283101326003708

Common questions

What is Frank L. Christopher, MD's NPI number?

Frank L. Christopher, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942273685, issued on Feb 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Frank L. Christopher, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at Reilly Road, Fort Bragg, NC, 28310. Phone: (910) 907-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Frank L. Christopher, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9700034, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Frank L. Christopher, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Frank L. Christopher, MD had 433 Medicare Part D claims for 227 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.