Alan R Christensen, MD

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

5603 Issued in SD

Practice address

901 4TH St NW
Watertown, SD 57201-1558

Phone

(605) 886-8471

Fax

(605) 886-9317

NPI assigned

Jan 12, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in SD

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

General Surgery

Education

Other, 1997

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Sanford Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 8325950215, shared by 14 NPIs, 847 clinicians

City of BrookingsGroup PAC ID 1052307105, 112 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc Hospital, Watertown, SD, CCN 430005
• Sanford Hospital Webster - Cah Hospital, Webster, SD, CCN 431311
• Brookings Health System Hospital, Brookings, SD, CCN 430008

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

85.53 of 100Reported as group

Quality

80.98

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

70.78

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.78 of 100Reported as group

Quality

78.77

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

70.49

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: achristensen3137@direct.sanfordhealth.org

All facility ownership & control disclosures 1

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Owned or controlled facilities with NPI records 1

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider as an owner, officer, director or managing party.

• Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1659316214

  Corporate Director

  CMS ownership

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• City of Brookings

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Brookings, SD
  • NPI 1932281029
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Sanford Clinic

  • Psychologist
  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • NPI 1396764254
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Sanford Medical Center

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • NPI 1093090342

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Sanford Medical Center

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1932451028
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Sanford Health Network

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Vermillion, SD
  • NPI 1790721280
  Medicare reassignment
• City of Brookings

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Brookings, SD
  • NPI 1134558158
  NPD
• City of Brookings

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Arlington, SD
  • NPI 1902123581
  NPD
• Sanford Clinic

  • Infectious Disease Physician
  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • NPI 1447266853
  NPD
• Sanford Health Network

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Vermillion, SD
  • NPI 1013921733
  NPD
• Sanford Clinic

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Fargo, ND
  • NPI 1306641345
  NPD
• Sanford Health Network

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Mountain Lake, MN
  • NPI 1568469039
  NPD
• Sanford Health Network

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Canby, MN
  • NPI 1780781054
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• City of Brookings

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Brookings, SD
  • NPI 1134558158

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• City of Brookings

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Brookings, SD
  • NPI 1275515579
  Care Compare affiliation
• City of Brookings

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Brookings, SD
  • NPI 1932281029

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• City of Brookings

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Brookings, SD
  • NPI 1982057246

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Sanford Health Network

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Webster, SD
  • NPI 1831103449
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Chad D. Beynon, O.D., P.C.
• Bake G Christiansen, LMT
• City of Watertown
• Teralynn S Clark, MD
• Kris Cleveland, P.T.
• Kristina Cloutier, LPC

• Surgery Physician in Watertown, SD
• Providers in Watertown, SD by specialty
• Surgery Physician in South Dakota

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 4, 2022; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.