Christa L Pontani Palmer, CRNP

Primary specialty

Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363L00000X

License

UP006419B Issued in PA

Practice address

120 Irmc Dr
Suite 160
Indiana, PA 15701-3674

Phone

(724) 465-2676

Fax

(724) 349-1830

NPI assigned

Mar 25, 2006

Sex

Female

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 PA

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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 1995

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Center for Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine PCGroup PAC ID 5890749329, 16 clinicians

Ipg Ortho LLPGroup PAC ID 7517472178, 16 clinicians

Ahn Hospitalist Group LTDGroup PAC ID 1153543251, 69 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Indiana Regional Medical Center Hospital, Indiana, PA, CCN 390173

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.54 of 100Reported as group

Quality

90

Improvement activities

40

Cost

78.43

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: christa.pontani.1@10717.direct.athenahealth.com

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.

• Ahn Hospitalist Group, LTD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Natrona Heights, PA
  • NPI 1770984304
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Ipg Ortho LLP

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Indiana, PA
  • NPI 1952128670
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Center for Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine PC

  • Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician
  • Indiana, PA
  • NPI 1124088372
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Windber Hospital, Inc.

  dba Windber Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Windber, PA
  • NPI 1275620536
  NPD (past)

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

• Indiana Regional Medical Center

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Blairsville, PA
  • NPI 1104055946

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Indiana Regional Medical Center

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Indiana, PA
  • NPI 1356334510
  Care Compare affiliation
• Indiana Regional Medical Center

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Indiana, PA
  • NPI 1508047630
  Care Compare affiliation
• Indiana Regional Medical Center

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Indiana, PA
  • NPI 1659315372
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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        "last_updated": "2025-11-04",
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• Amanda L. Pletz, CRNP
• Dana Plumley, BA
• Donalyn Troubles Plutto, FNP
• Paul Edward Pohley, P.T.
• Angela M Pollock
• Esther Porcenat
• Heather Y Porter, MSW, LCSW
• Kristen E Porter, M.S., NCC, LPC
• Nathaniel William Porter, PHARM.D
• Presbyterian Homes Inc (Julia Pound Care Center)

• Nurse Practitioner in Indiana, PA
• Providers in Indiana, PA by specialty
• Nurse Practitioner in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 4, 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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