Gwendolyn Challenger, PA
Medical Physician Assistant · Washington, DC
Gwendolyn Challenger, PA is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Washington, District of Columbia, and NPI 1780764092, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (District of Columbia PA030541, as entered in NPPES) with the District of Columbia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gwendolyn Challenger
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA030541 DC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 650 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
- Phone
- (202) 610-9570
- Enumerated
- Oct 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 30, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gwendolyn Challenger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich District of Columbia board licenses this profession
Search for license PA030541Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
6,255 Medicare Part D claims for 298 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 59 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium398 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate386 claims
- Ozempic237 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa219 claims
- Gabapentin184 claims
- Losartan Potassium183 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: $1,199.90
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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.
Gwendolyn Challenger among 210 medical physician assistant records in District of Columbia
Gwendolyn Challenger, PA is one of 210 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in District of Columbia. 62% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 81% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 62% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 44% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a District of Columbia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in District of Columbia
There are 210 medical physician assistant records in District of Columbia.
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- Melanie Scott Bowling, PA-CWashington, DC 200031558549105
Common questions
What is Gwendolyn Challenger, PA's NPI number?
Gwendolyn Challenger, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780764092, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gwendolyn Challenger, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 650 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC, 20003. Phone: (202) 610-9570. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gwendolyn Challenger, PA's license?
NPPES lists District of Columbia license number PA030541, as entered by the provider. Search the District of Columbia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Gwendolyn Challenger, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gwendolyn Challenger, PA had 6,255 Medicare Part D claims for 298 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.