Dr. Christopher Neil Handera, MD

Dr. Handera practices at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, part of Meritus Health.

Dr. Handera's NPI, 1144632688, was assigned on June 2, 2014. Dr. Handera holds Maryland license D96251.

Dr. Handera's primary practice is Meritus Medical Center, at 11116 Medical Campus Road, Hagerstown, MD 21742 in Washington County. The practice phone is (240) 313-9500.

Dr. Handera's primary practice is Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, part of Meritus Health. Dr. Handera is also affiliated with WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. The medical group on file is WellSpan Digestive Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Handera to 1 more hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Handera practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Handera's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Handera's licenses on file in 2 states: Maryland and North Carolina.

CMS data shows 932 Medicare services from Dr. Handera across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 562 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $73,457 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 562 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Handera in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 200 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.16, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Handera's median patient age at 73, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Handera wrote 497 Medicare Part D claims for 243 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 240 of them, across 14 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $8,718 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 29 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Handera accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Handera from 1 drug or device company in 2021. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Neurelis, Inc. paid the most, $68.