Clay Michael Christensen, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

PA61245 Issued in CA

Practice address

1301 Mission St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-3530

Phone

(831) 458-6300

NPI assigned

Jun 21, 2022

Last updated

Aug 8, 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 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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, 2022

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Sutter Bay Medical FoundationGroup PAC ID 4284538778, 3,783 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

85.47 of 100Reported as group

Quality

67.19

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

67.71

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: cchristensen17602@direct.svmh.com
• Direct secure messaging: cchristensen743164@hisp.ehr.sutterhealth.org
• Direct secure messaging: clay.christensen.p2@direct.muirortho.nextgenshare.com

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.

• Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

  dba Palo Alto Medial Foundation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • NPI 1013950807
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Doctors on Duty Medical Group, Inc

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Salinas, CA
  • NPI 1568465466
  Medicare reassignment
• Golden State Orthopedics & Spine

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Walnut Creek, CA
  • NPI 1972552990
  Medicare reassignment
• Golden State Orthopedics & Spine

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • San Jose, CA
  • NPI 1245021401
  NPD
• Golden State Orthopedics & Spine

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Oakland, CA
  • NPI 1710761960
  NPD
• Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

  dba Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Orinda, CA
  • NPI 1366898538
  NPD
• Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

  dba Palo Alto Medical Foundation

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • NPI 1669287033
  NPD
• Aptos Doctors on Duty

  • Non-Pharmacy Dispensing Site
  • Aptos, CA
  • NPI 1013359991
  NPD (past)
• Golden State Orthopedics & Spine

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1457004897
  NPD (past)
• Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Berkeley, CA
  • NPI 1831381623
  NPD (past)

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

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    "last_updated_epoch": "1754611200000",
    "number": "1194456004",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 276950",
            "city": "SACRAMENTO",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "958276950"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1301 MISSION ST",
            "city": "SANTA CRUZ",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950603530",
            "telephone_number": "831-458-6300"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "615 Ocean St",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Santa Cruz",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950604005",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "831-423-7991",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        },
        {
            "address_1": "4140 Jade St Ste 100",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Capitola",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950103940",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "831-475-4024",
            "fax_number": "831-475-4344",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "CHRISTENSEN",
        "first_name": "CLAY",
        "middle_name": "MICHAEL",
        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2022-06-21",
        "last_updated": "2025-08-08",
        "certification_date": "2025-08-08",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363A00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
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            "state": "CA",
            "license": "PA61245",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Youn Jung Choi, L.A.
• Nike Cholden
• I-Chin Chou
• Nazia Choudhury
• Jennifer Chowaniec, LMFT
• Edward Peter Christensen IV, DPT, CSCS
• John B. Christensen, M.D.
• Jordan Christian
• Ashley Nicole Christiansen, PT, DPT
• Jared Christianson

• Physician Assistant in Santa Cruz, CA
• Providers in Santa Cruz, CA by specialty
• Physician Assistant in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 8, 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.