NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Whitney Basford, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL

Whitney Basford, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1578150389, issued on Dec 28, 2020. Check the license (Illinois 036177169, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; 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
1578150389
Name
Whitney Basford
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License numbers
036177169 IL
71001 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1333 W Belmont Ave Ste 200, Chicago, IL 60657
Phone
(312) 926-3627
Enumerated
Dec 28, 2020
Record last updated
Apr 3, 2026
Fax
(312) 694-1885
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20251023002626); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Florida State University College Of Medicine, 2021
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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Also registered at 1333 W Belmont Ave Ste 200

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Kyle Beuoy, MDFamily Medicine Physician1558982710
  2. Mary Carroll, DNP, APRN, FNP-BCNurse Practitioner1871331942
  3. Pin-Chu Chen, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1386383586
  4. Colette Falsey, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1821776261
  5. Harrison GarciaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1003683699
  6. Kasey Gardner, MDInternal Medicine Physician1336567189

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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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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91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

332 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Whitney Basford332
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium29 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate21 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium17 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium15 claims
  5. Breo Ellipta12 claims
  6. Clonidine Hcl11 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: $228.26

11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Whitney Basford$228.26
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationChicago, IL
  2. Sumner Physician Practices LLCGallatin, TN

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

Whitney Basford among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois

Whitney Basford, MD is one of 6,215 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 81% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 81% of these records are older, 16% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated2021 · median 2006 among the 3,714 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,593 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago

They are 1,593 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Syed Akhter, MDChicago, IL 606571295787422
  2. Robert Bowser, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571003864489
  3. Sara Braunstein, D.O.Chicago, IL 606571861551954
  4. Eduardo Correa, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571487668653
  5. Teresa Cvengros, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571558366591
  6. Marco Delacruz, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571528110228
  7. Lulu Husain, M.DChicago, IL 606571043319130
  8. Rajesh Iyengar, MDChicago, IL 606571821023714

Common questions

What is Whitney Basford, MD's NPI number?

Whitney Basford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578150389, issued on Dec 28, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Whitney Basford, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1333 W Belmont Ave Ste 200, Chicago, IL, 60657. Phone: (312) 926-3627. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Whitney Basford, MD's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036177169, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Whitney Basford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Whitney Basford, MD had 332 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.