Individual provider Active NPI

Christopher Ray Tainter, MD

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • San Diego, CA
National Provider Identifier
1962660803
Registry record updated Sep 2, 2025
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X
License
A131390 Issued in CA
Practice address
200 W Arbor Dr
Dept Em #8676
San Diego, CA 92103-9000
Phone
(619) 543-6463
NPI assigned
May 28, 2008
Sex
Male
Sole proprietor
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Sep 2, 2025

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

Specialties & licenses 5

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician 207LC0200X A131390 CA
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X M-2401 GU
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X MTL-2023-015 GU
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X A131390 CA
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X A131390 CA Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

200 W Arbor Dr
Dept Em #8676
San Diego, CA 92103-9000

Mailing address

200 W Arbor Dr
Dept Em #8676
San Diego, CA 92103-9000
Phone (619) 543-6463

Other practice location 1

10666 N Torrey Pines Rd
LA Jolla, CA 92037-1027
Phone (858) 554-8860

Medicare participation

Medicare enrollment files
Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
Enrolled in CA, GU2 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 2

Enrollment IDStateProvider typePAC IDDetails
I20141107000023 CA Practitioner - Critical Care (Intensivists)Practitioner - AnesthesiologyPractitioner - Emergency Medicine 3375716731 Reassigns benefits to 7 organizations
I20230905001357 GU Practitioner - Critical Care (Intensivists) 3375716731 Reassigns benefits to 1 organization

Care Compare profile

Medicare Care Compare
Specialty
Critical Care (Intensivists)
Education
University of Washington School of Medicine, 2007
Medicare assignment
Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full
Group practices
Guam Healthcare Development IncorporatedGroup PAC ID 9234351776, 211 clinicians
Cep America - Intensivists PCGroup PAC ID 9032423421, 112 clinicians
Jaspreet Somal M.D., a.P.C.Group PAC ID 0840604690, 10 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

133 Route 3
Dededo, GU 96929-6911
Phone (671) 645-5500

2615 Chester Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93301-2014
Phone (661) 395-3000

4776 Allied Rd
San Diego, CA 92120-2412
Phone (216) 776-8923

Hospital & facility affiliations

  • Guam Regional Medical City Hospital, Dededo, GU, CCN 650003
  • Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center Hospital, Thousand Oaks, CA, CCN 050549
  • Adventist Health Bakersfield Hospital, Bakersfield, CA, CCN 050455

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score
79.22 of 100Reported as group
Quality
78.84
Improvement activities
40
Cost
61.61

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory
Medicare enrollment (NPD)
Enrolled
Credentials
Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

LicenseStateTypeSpecialty
A131390CAMDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician

Practice roles

OrganizationSpecialtyStatusNew patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Emergency Medicine CurrentSince Oct 2, 2016 Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Critical Care Medicine Current Accepting new patients
Guam Healthcare Development Incorporated CurrentSince Aug 1, 2023 Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Scripps Health CurrentSince Sep 29, 2025 Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California - Ucsd Medical Group CurrentSince Mar 1, 2015 Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Critical Care Medicine CurrentSince Aug 19, 2014 Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California CurrentSince Aug 19, 2014 Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Scripps Health Current Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California CurrentSince Aug 27, 2014 Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Current Accepting new patients
Regents of the University of California Emergency Medicine CurrentSince Aug 27, 2014 Accepting new patients
Scripps Health Current Accepting new patients
Scripps Health Emergency Medicine CurrentSince Sep 29, 2025 Accepting new patients
Green Country Emergency Physicians Group of Tulsa PLLC Emergency Medicine Past Accepting new patients
Regents of the Unviersity of California Emergency Medicine Past Accepting new patients

Locations

9888 Genesee Ave
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone (858) 457-4123

10666 N Torrey Pines Rd
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone (858) 554-2626

9300 Campus Point Dr
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone (619) 957-7000

File 54433
Los Angeles, CA 90074
Phone (858) 784-5645

35900 Bob Hope Dr
Ste 257
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Phone (760) 321-2500

200 W Arbor Dr
#8676
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone (619) 543-6213

200 W Arbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone (619) 543-5754

133 Route 3
Dededo, GU 96929
Phone (671) 645-5500

Organizations & group practices 25

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.

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Hospital & facility affiliations 3

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

NPI Registry JSON

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

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}

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