Christopher D. Aronson, MD

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

44636 Issued in MN

Practice address

1200 6TH Ave N
Saint Cloud, MN 56303-2735

Phone

(320) 251-2700

Fax

(320) 240-2118

NPI assigned

Oct 17, 2005

Last updated

Oct 30, 2015By 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 9

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MN, IA, ND3 enrollments

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 3

Specialty

HospitalistAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 1996

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Aitkin Community Hospital IncGroup PAC ID 4981514692, 96 clinicians

Northfield HospitalGroup PAC ID 2567372998, 121 clinicians

Welia HealthGroup PAC ID 6709295496, 60 clinicians

Cook County Hospital DistrictGroup PAC ID 4284629742, 13 clinicians

Lifecare Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 4789586884, 55 clinicians

Floyd County Memorial Hospital CommissionGroup PAC ID 0143138669, shared by 4 NPIs, 39 clinicians

Pipestone County Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 0840109682, shared by 6 NPIs, 33 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Floyd County Medical Center Hospital, Charles City, IA, CCN 161347
• Northfield Hospital Hospital, Northfield, MN, CCN 240014
• Welia Health Hospital, Mora, MN, CCN 241367
• Jackson County Regional Health Center Hospital, Maquoketa, IA, CCN 161329
• Riverwood Healthcare Center Hospital, Aitkin, MN, CCN 241305

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

96.44 of 100Reported as group

Quality

82.65

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

77.21

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

HHS exclusion list flag

CMS’s directory marks this NPI as on an HHS exclusion list; no matching OIG record was found. The OIG exclusions file (LEIE) holds no record for this NPI, and the directory does not say which list the flag comes from. How exclusions are shown Confirm with the OIG exclusions search.

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations (25 of 26)

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: caronson1174@direct.centracare.com
• Direct secure messaging: caronson86197@excellian.direct.allina.com
• FHIR API: https://fhir-myrecord.cerner.com/r4/e35355ac-dfca-48b9-9dd9-0b7c408c2a66/

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.

• Aitkin Community Hospital, Inc.

  dba Riverwood Healthcare Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Aitkin, MN
  • NPI 1942277835
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Cook County Hospital District

  dba Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Grand Marais, MN
  • NPI 1487712493
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lifecare Medical Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Roseau, MN
  • NPI 1609861095
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Northfield Hospital

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Northfield, MN
  • NPI 1417990805
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Welia Health

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Mora, MN
  • NPI 1528031390
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• CCM Health

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Montevideo, MN
  • NPI 1720086028
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• County of Meeker

  dba Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics - East/West

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Litchfield, MN
  • NPI 1083221816
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• County of Meeker

  dba Meeker Memorial Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Litchfield, MN
  • NPI 1598860215
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Fairview Bethesda Hospital

  • Long Term Care Hospital
  • Saint Paul, MN
  • NPI 1194787465
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Healtheast Medical Research Institute

  dba HealthEast Vadnais Heights Clinic

  • Clinic/Center
  • Vadnais Heights, MN
  • NPI 1639125503
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Healtheast St. John's Hospital

  dba Fairview St John's Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Maplewood, MN
  • NPI 1447218482
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Healtheast Woodwinds Hospital

  dba Fairview Woodwinds Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Woodbury, MN
  • NPI 1356309322
  Medicare reassignment NPD

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

• Aitkin Community Hospital, Inc.

  dba Riverwood Healthcare Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Aitkin, MN
  • NPI 1942277835
  Care Compare affiliation
• Northfield Hospital

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Northfield, MN
  • NPI 1417990805
  Care Compare affiliation
• Welia Health

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Mora, MN
  • NPI 1528031390
  Care Compare affiliation
• Welia Health

  • Critical Access Hospital Clinic/Center
  • Mora, MN
  • NPI 1972811362
  Care Compare affiliation
• Floyd County Memorial Hospital Commission

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Charles City, IA
  • NPI 1265402390
  Care Compare affiliation
• Jackson County Public Hospital

  dba Jackson County Regional Health Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Maquoketa, IA
  • NPI 1912960758
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "issuer": "PREFERRED ONE",
            "identifier": "1033909",
            "state": null
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• Dorothy Arko
• Lynn Rene Arlt, LMSW
• Angeline Marie Armstrong, BSN, RN, CHPN
• Tanner Armstrong, RBT
• Leah Alexis Arntson, APRN, CNP
• Hibo Omar Artan
• Miskii Arte
• Paula Jo Artmann, MS CCC-SLP
• Ascend Wellness, Inc
• Kayla Ash

• Hospitalist Physician in Saint Cloud, MN
• Providers in Saint Cloud, MN by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in Minnesota

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 30, 2015; 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.