Christopher Tran Bach, M.D.

Primary specialty

Gastroenterology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RG0100X

License

34929 Issued in SC

Practice address

4040 Highway 17
Suite 302
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576-5098

Phone

(843) 652-8290

Fax

(843) 652-8299

NPI assigned

Mar 31, 2010

Last updated

Oct 3, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 6

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in SC

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

Gastroenterology

Education

Other, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Georgetown Physician Associates, LLCGroup PAC ID 2365697398, 221 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital Hospital, Murrells Inlet, SC, CCN 420098
• Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital Hospital, Georgetown, SC, CCN 420020

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as group

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

88.55 of 100Reported as group

Quality

85

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.83

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: cbach214814@direct.musc.edu

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.

• Georgetown Physician Associates, LLC

  dba Tidelands Health Family Medicine

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Murrells Inlet, SC
  • NPI 1235475930
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Georgetown Memorial Hospital

  dba Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Georgetown, SC
  • NPI 1982604021
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tidelands Health ASC LLC

  dba Tidelands Health Surgery Center at The Market Common

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Myrtle Beach, SC
  • NPI 1194344606
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Waccamaw Community Hospital

  dba Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Murrells Inlet, SC
  • NPI 1972503910
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Georgetown Memorial Hospital

  dba Tidelands Health Skilled Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Georgetown, SC
  • NPI 1881307056
  NPD
• Georgetown Physician Associates LLC

  dba Tidelands Health Group

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Georgetown, SC
  • NPI 1881410587
  NPD
• Georgetown Physician Associates, LLC

  dba Tidelands Health Family Medicine

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Georgetown, SC
  • NPI 1508849837
  NPD
• Georgetown Physician Associates

  dba Tidelands Health Gastroenterology

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Georgetown, SC
  • NPI 1093139420
  NPD (past)
• Georgetown Physician Services, LLC

  dba Waccamaw Family Medicine

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Pawley's Island, SC
  • NPI 1962691402
  NPD (past)

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

• Georgetown Memorial Hospital

  dba Tidelands Health Skilled Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Georgetown, SC
  • NPI 1881307056

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Georgetown Memorial Hospital

  dba Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Georgetown, SC
  • NPI 1982604021
  Care Compare affiliation
• Waccamaw Community Hospital

  dba Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Murrells Inlet, SC
  • NPI 1972503910
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 3, 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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