Dr. Christopher W. Schaefer, MD

Dr. Schaefer practices at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, part of Albany Med Health System.

Dr. Schaefer's NPI, 1780002709, was assigned on April 7, 2014. Dr. Schaefer graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Schaefer holds South Carolina license 40736.

Dr. Schaefer's primary practice is Albany Medical Center, at 43 New Scotland Avenue, Mail Code 34, Albany, NY 12208 in Albany County. The practice phone is (518) 262-2400.

Dr. Schaefer's primary practice is Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, part of Albany Med Health System. Dr. Schaefer is also affiliated with Samaritan Hospital. The medical group on file is Albany Med EmUrgentCare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Schaefer to 3 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Schaefer practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Schaefer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Schaefer is licensed in South Carolina.

CMS data shows 537 Medicare services from Dr. Schaefer across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 334 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $51,096 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 334 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Schaefer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 121 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 35% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.80, 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. Schaefer's median patient age at 64, with 42% women.

In 2024, Dr. Schaefer wrote 80 Medicare Part D claims for 36 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 39 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $327 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 57 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Schaefer for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Schaefer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Schaefer in 2016. Dr. Schaefer's most frequent co-authors are Rahul Gupta Argula, MBBS and Amit Chopra, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Schaefer from 2 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2021. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $111.

Dr. Schaefer graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 2014.