Chris Ward

Primary specialty

Clinical Social WorkerTaxonomy code 1041C0700X

License

149.028942 Issued in IL

Practice address

8756 Pierce St
Merrillville, IN 46410-7343

Phone

(708) 673-8211

NPI assigned

Apr 10, 2025

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IL

Eligible to order & refer

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

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Clinical Social Worker

Education

Other, 2016

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Vitae Health Medical Illinois, PLLCGroup PAC ID 2365798410, 214 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Vitae Health Medical Illinois, PLLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Skokie, IL
  • NPI 1174013452

  Clinical

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD

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

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            "city": "MERRILLVILLE",
            "state": "IN",
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        "first_name": "CHRIS",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
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        "last_updated": "2025-12-17",
        "certification_date": "2025-12-17",
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• Yolalnda N/a Wallace, LPN
• Kayla Walls
• Li Fen Wang, MD
• Mengyun Wang
• XI Wang, MD, PHD
• Hailey Warkentien
• Alyssa Warn, RBT, BCBA
• Eileen Warner
• Angela Warren
• Daja Warren

• Clinical Social Worker in Merrillville, IN
• Providers in Merrillville, IN by specialty
• Clinical Social Worker in Indiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 17, 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.

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