Dr. Christopher Jared Winters, MD

  • Cresco, IA
  • General surgeon
NPI1659830768PAC ID5395079735
Medicare patients, 2024
34
Part D claims, 2024
40
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
95
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
235 8th Avenue West, Cresco, IA 52136
Practice phone
Call (563) 547-2101
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Dr. Christopher Jared Winters is a general surgeon in Cresco, Iowa

Dr. Winters practices at Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, Iowa, part of State of Iowa.

Dr. Winters' NPI, 1659830768, was assigned on March 18, 2019. Dr. Winters holds Iowa license 52400.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5395079735
NPI enumeration date
March 18, 2019
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(563) 547-2101
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
33
Medical school graduation
2019

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Christopher Jared Winters practices at Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, Iowa

Dr. Winters' primary practice is Regional Health Services of Howard County, at 235 8th Avenue West, Cresco, IA 52136 in Howard County. The practice phone is (563) 547-2101.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Christopher Jared Winters is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Winters' primary practice is Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, Iowa, part of State of Iowa. Dr. Winters is also affiliated with Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. The medical group on file is Gundersen Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Winters to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher Jared Winters' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Winters practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Regional Health Services of Howard CountyAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Christopher Jared Winters is one of 317 general surgeons in Iowa

Surgery is Dr. Winters' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Winters' licenses on file in 3 states: Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, IowaPrimaryLicense 52400 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Minnesota licenseLicense 75889
  • Wisconsin licenseLicense 83107-20

General surgeons near Dr. Winters

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Christopher Jared Winters treated 34 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 34 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Winters in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 23 patients. 68% of them have high cholesterol, and 53% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.69, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Winters' median patient age at 64, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 202434
Average age71
Average risk score0.69

Dr. Winters' Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Winters' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women2162%
  • Men1338%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Winters' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol68%
  2. High blood pressure53%
  3. Arthritis32%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Winters' patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men51%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Christopher Jared Winters wrote 40 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Winters wrote 40 Medicare Part D claims for 34 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 15 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $57 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 86 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 202440
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$57
Part D patients34

Dr. Winters' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic36 claims90%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims10%

Dr. Winters' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2023

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Winters' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids35%14 of 40 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2020 to 2023

  • 2020
  • 2023
Claims for drugs CMS names
2020: 862023: 1583%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2023, 4 in 2020.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Christopher Jared Winters scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Winters for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Winters accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 25 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Winters, more than 51% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Winters' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 95of 100Final score
  • 86of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Winters ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Colonoscopy
51st percentile25 procedures
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
43rd percentile12 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Christopher Jared Winters has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Winters in 2021. Dr. Winters' most frequent co-authors are Zaheer Akhtar, DO and Zeeshan Ali Jawa, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Winters' most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Winters

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Christopher Jared Winters received $896 in industry payments from 2021 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 10 general payments to Dr. Winters from 6 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $442.

General payments to Dr. Winters by program year, 2021 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Winters by kind, 2021 to 2025

$896in total
  • Travel and lodging$64672%
  • Food and beverage$25028%

Companies that paid Dr. Winters the most, 2021 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Christopher Jared Winters's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Christopher Jared Winters' NPI number?

Dr. Christopher Jared Winters' NPI number is 1659830768. It was assigned on March 18, 2019, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher Jared Winters?

Dr. Christopher Jared Winters is a general surgeon in Cresco, Iowa. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Christopher Jared Winters practice?

Dr. Winters practices at 235 8th Avenue West, Cresco, IA 52136. Dr. Winters' primary practice is Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, Iowa, part of State of Iowa. Dmand AI also links Dr. Winters to 3 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Christopher Jared Winters' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Winters is (563) 547-2101.

What is Dr. Christopher Jared Winters' medical license number?

Dr. Winters holds Iowa license 52400, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Christopher Jared Winters been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Winters in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher Jared Winters affiliated with?

Dr. Winters practices at Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, Iowa. Dr. Winters is also affiliated with Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Winters to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Christopher Jared Winters part of?

Dr. Winters is linked to Gundersen Health System. Dmand AI links Dr. Winters to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Christopher Jared Winters accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS lists Dr. Winters as accepting Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Christopher Jared Winters' MIPS score?

Dr. Winters' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher Jared Winters see?

CMS counts 34 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Winters in 2024, with an average age of 71.

What drugs does Dr. Christopher Jared Winters prescribe most?

In 2023 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Winters' most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. Christopher Jared Winters received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $896 in general payments to Dr. Winters from 6 companies from 2021 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Christopher Jared Winters been practicing?

Dr. Winters graduated from medical school in 2019, 7 years ago.

Does Dr. Christopher Jared Winters do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Winters.

Who does Dr. Christopher Jared Winters publish with?

Dr. Winters' most frequent co-authors are Zaheer Akhtar, DO (1 shared paper) and Zeeshan Ali Jawa, MD (1 shared paper).

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