John Stephen Christensen, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Richmond, VA
John Stephen Christensen, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Richmond, Virginia, and NPI 1639158066, issued on Jan 13, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101056275, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Stephen Christensen
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0101056275 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2201 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA 23220
- Phone
- (804) 359-1351
- Enumerated
- Jan 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 3, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (804) 355-6625
- Medicaid ID
- 5825768 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101019000621); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Virginia Commonwealth University, School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2201 Grove Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Walter Hendrix, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1477532893
- Nancy Pahle, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1487633814
- Yorleny Sherrier-Edwards, PAPhysician Assistant1801860085
- Banks Turner, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1487633731
Verify John Stephen Christensen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101056275Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
15,249 Medicare Part D claims for 988 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 234 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium850 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium663 claims
- Lisinopril588 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium508 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate506 claims
- Losartan Potassium400 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: $1,082.93
64 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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 one group practice
- Privia Medical Group, LLCRichmond, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
547 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Richmond
They are 547 of the 14,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Richmond, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is John Stephen Christensen, M.D.'s NPI number?
John Stephen Christensen, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639158066, issued on Jan 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Stephen Christensen, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2201 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA, 23220. Phone: (804) 359-1351. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Stephen Christensen, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101056275, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John Stephen Christensen, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Stephen Christensen, M.D. had 15,249 Medicare Part D claims for 988 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.