Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 4,325
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,095
- Part D claims, 2024
- 82
- Publications
- 5
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Practice address
- 1400 Front Ave Suite 100a, Lutherville, MD 21093
- Practice phone
- Call (410) 828-1525
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Lutherville SurgiCenter
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Lutherville, Maryland
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Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland
Dr. Forthman practices at Lutherville SurgiCenter in Lutherville, Maryland.
Dr. Forthman's NPI, 1124059779, was assigned on July 5, 2006. Dr. Forthman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Forthman holds Maryland license D0062609.
- NPI
- 1124059779NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6901818111
- NPI enumeration date
- July 5, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (410) 828-1525
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 52
- Medical school graduation
- 2000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman practices at Lutherville SurgiCenter in Lutherville, Maryland
Dr. Forthman's primary practice is Lutherville SurgiCenter, at 1400 Front Ave Suite 100a, Lutherville, MD 21093. The practice phone is (410) 828-1525.
- Lutherville SurgiCenter1400 Front Ave Suite 100a, Lutherville, MD 21093Phone(410) 828-1525
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 4 medical groups
Dr. Forthman's primary practice is Lutherville SurgiCenter in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Forthman is also affiliated with MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is MedStar Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Forthman to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Forthman practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Lutherville SurgiCenter | Available with a free account |
| +5 more sites and 3 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman is one of 60 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Maryland
Hand surgery is Dr. Forthman's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0106X. Dr. Forthman is licensed in Maryland.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic hand surgery, MarylandPrimary
Orthopaedic hand surgery physicians near Dr. Forthman
Counts of orthopaedic hand surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman billed Medicare for 4,325 services in 2024
CMS data shows 4,325 Medicare services from Dr. Forthman across 35 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,095 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $380,870 for them.
Dr. Forthman's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1,6772024: 1,672No change
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,2802024: 1,2492%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1,1912024: 1,1484%
- Imaging
- 2023: 3382024: 25624%
Where Dr. Forthman's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office3,75687%
- In a facility56913%
Dr. Forthman compared with the Maryland median for orthopaedic hand surgery physicians, 2024
- Dr. Forthman
- Maryland median
- Medicare services
- 4,325vs 2,68261% above
- Medicare patients
- 1,095vs 61179% above
- Part D claims
- 53vs 7327% below
Medians across 56 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Maryland with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Forthman's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman treated 1,095 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 1,095 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Forthman in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 546 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.92, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Forthman's median patient age at 65, with 54% women.
Dr. Forthman's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Forthman's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women67261%
- Men42339%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Forthman's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis68%
- Diabetes28%
- Ischemic heart disease28%
- Anxiety25%
- Mood disorders22%
- Depression20%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Forthman's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 65
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women54%
- Men45%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman wrote 82 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Forthman wrote 82 Medicare Part D claims for 59 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 53 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $164 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 58 claims across 4 drugs.
Dr. Forthman's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic81 claims99%
- Brand-name and other1 claims1%
Dr. Forthman's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
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. Forthman's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids33%27 of 82 claims
- Antibiotics45%37 of 82 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, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 582024: 539%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 4 in 2023.
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 Lee Forthman scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Forthman for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Forthman accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 219 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Forthman, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Where Dr. Forthman ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
- 99th percentile219 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 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 Lee Forthman has 5 publications on record
Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Forthman, published from 2011 to 2023. Dr. Forthman's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth R. Means, MD, River McKenzie Elliott, MD and Nicholas Anthony Kusnezov, MD.
Dr. Forthman's papers by year, 2011 to 2023
Dr. Forthman's most frequent co-authors
- Kenneth R. Means, MD2 shared papers
- River McKenzie Elliott, MD1 shared paper
- Nicholas Anthony Kusnezov, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Forthman
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman received $13,031 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 34 general payments to Dr. Forthman from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 66% of the total. Globus Medical, Inc. paid the most, $8,590.
General payments to Dr. Forthman by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Forthman by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$8,55066%
- Consulting fees$2,70021%
- Food and beverage$9547%
- Education$8276%
Companies that paid Dr. Forthman the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Forthman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2000.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman's NPI number?
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman's NPI number is 1124059779. It was assigned on July 5, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman?
Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207XS0106X).
Where does Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman practice?
Dr. Forthman practices at 1400 Front Ave Suite 100a, Lutherville, MD 21093. Dr. Forthman's primary practice is Lutherville SurgiCenter in Lutherville, Maryland. Dmand AI also links Dr. Forthman to 1 hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups.
What is Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Forthman is (410) 828-1525.
What is Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman's medical license number?
Dr. Forthman holds Maryland license D0062609.
Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman affiliated with?
Dr. Forthman is affiliated with MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Forthman to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman part of?
Dr. Forthman is linked to MedStar Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Forthman to 3 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Forthman billed Medicare for 4,325 services in 2024, and Dr. Forthman accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman's MIPS score?
Dr. Forthman's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman see?
CMS counts 1,095 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Forthman in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Forthman's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman go to medical school?
Dr. Forthman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2000.
What drugs does Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Forthman's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amoxicillin, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen and Doxycycline Hyclate.
Has Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $13,031 in general payments to Dr. Forthman from 20 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Globus Medical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman been practicing?
Dr. Forthman graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.
Does Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman do research?
Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Forthman, published from 2011 to 2023.
Who does Dr. Christopher Lee Forthman publish with?
Dr. Forthman's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth R. Means, MD (2 shared papers), River McKenzie Elliott, MD (1 shared paper) and Nicholas Anthony Kusnezov, MD (1 shared paper).
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