Christopher Lee Mertz, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

0010-12016 Issued in NC

Practice address

209 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Tacoma, WA 98405-4265

Phone

(253) 596-3300

NPI assigned

Sep 21, 2016

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in WA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2016

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of WashingtonGroup PAC ID 9032022579, 1,519 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital Hospital, Seattle, WA, CCN 500052

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: cmertz175960@ghc.direct-ci.net

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.

• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Seattle, WA
  • NPI 1396810701
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Everett, WA
  • NPI 1386935351
  NPD
• Rex Hospital Inc

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Raleigh, NC
  • NPI 1831613363
  NPD (past)
• Rex Hospital Inc

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Raleigh, NC
  • NPI 1972939643
  NPD (past)

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

• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Seattle, WA
  • NPI 1396810701

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Redmond, WA
  • NPI 1609906825
  Care Compare affiliation
• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Seattle, WA
  • NPI 1861522088
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "TACOMA",
            "state": "WA",
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            "telephone_number": "253-596-3300"
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    "practiceLocations": [],
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        "first_name": "CHRISTOPHER",
        "middle_name": "LEE",
        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2016-09-21",
        "last_updated": "2024-05-25",
        "certification_date": "2024-05-25",
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            "affiliation": "N",
            "endpointDescription": "Carequality",
            "use": "HIE",
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            "address_1": "209 Martin Luther King Jr Way",
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• Georgina M Merrill, LPN
• Sophia Merrill
• Grace Merritt, MD
• Raymond James Merriwether
• Robert Eric Merry, DC
• Darren M Mertz, RPH
• Trisha Merwin
• Mahlia Rose Mesa
• Lorette I Meske, M.D.
• Mia Meszaros, MSOTR/L

• Physician Assistant in Tacoma, WA
• Providers in Tacoma, WA by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Washington

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 25, 2024; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; 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.

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