Alex Thomas Farris, MD

Primary specialty

Sleep Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) PhysicianTaxonomy code 2084S0012X

License

036-171313 Issued in IL

Practice address

4600 N Ravenswood Ave
Chicago, IL 60640-4510

Phone

(773) 561-7500

NPI assigned

May 20, 2019

Last updated

Sep 16, 2025By the provider in NPPES

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 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IL

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

Sleep MedicineAlso: Neurology

Education

Indiana University School of Medicine, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Advocate Health and Hospitals CorporationGroup PAC ID 7810800935, 3,081 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Hospital, Chicago, IL, CCN 140182

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

99.02 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

85.37

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: afarris405385@direct.myadvocateaurora.org

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

• Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

  dba Advocate Medical Group

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Oak Brook, IL
  • NPI 1700824455
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp.

  dba Bethany Hospital

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1750315545
  NPD
• Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

  dba Advocate Children's Hospital

  • Children's Hospital
  • Oak Lawn, IL
  • NPI 1508315516
  NPD

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

• Advocate North Side Health Network

  dba Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1912014564
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Kathleen Farrell, LCPC
• Megan M Farrell, LCSW
• Meghan Erin Farrell, LCPC
• Mary Farrelly
• Jason Robert Farrer, M.D.
• Sarah Farris
• Tara Todd Farris
• Webster Farris, MPT
• Lili Farrokh-Siar, MD
• Tyra Nicole Farrow, MSW

• Sleep Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician in Chicago, IL
• Providers in Chicago, IL by specialty
• Sleep Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician in Illinois

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 16, 2025; 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.