Christopher Andrew Best, MD

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

20050035766 Issued in MO

Practice address

3027 Prospect Ave
Kansas City, MO 64128-1530

Phone

(816) 861-6500

Fax

(866) 299-9553

NPI assigned

Aug 25, 2005

Last updated

Mar 20, 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

Other identifiers 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MO

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

Family Practice

Education

University of Kansas School of Med (KC/Wich/Sal), 1997

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Macon County Samaritan HospitalGroup PAC ID 1456261395, 36 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Macon County Samaritan Memorial Hospital Hospital, Macon, MO, CCN 261313

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/BIBJBA/Endpoint/BIBJBA

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.

• Macon County Samaritan Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Macon, MO
  • NPI 1548215106
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• General John J Pershing Memorial Hospital Association

  dba Pershing Memorial Hospital

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • Brookfield, MO
  • NPI 1982612461
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• General John J Pershing Memorial Hospital Association

  dba Pershing Memorial Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Brookfield, MO
  • NPI 1417991159
  NPD
• Hope Family Care Center,LLC

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Kansas City, MO
  • NPI 1285878793

  Family Medicine

  NPD
• Cah Acquisition Company 6 LLC

  dba I 70 Community Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Sweet Springs, MO
  • NPI 1598710097
  NPD (past)

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

• Macon County Samaritan Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Macon, MO
  • NPI 1548215106
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Best Choice Home Care LLC
• Best Comfort Home Health Care Agency LLC
• Best KC Smiles LLC (Steven B. Lemieux DDS & Associates)
• Best Smiles LLC (Comfort Dental Braces)
• Best Smiles LLC (Comfort Dental Braces)
• Douglas L Best, MD
• Linda K. Best, PLPC
• Michael Andrew Best, DPT
• Sian Best, MD
• Bestcare in Home Health Agency Corp

• Family Medicine Physician in Kansas City, MO
• Providers in Kansas City, MO by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in Missouri

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 20, 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.