Dr. Christopher M. Ward, MD

  • Culpeper, VA
  • General practice physician
NPI1235151739PAC ID1355246141
Medicare services, 2024
5,769
Medicare patients, 2024
850
Part D claims, 2024
3,866
Publications
95
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
545 Sunset Ln, Culpeper, VA 22701
Practice phone
Call (434) 295-1000
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

UVA Community Health Medical Group

Culpeper, Virginia

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Dr. Christopher M. Ward is a general practice physician in Culpeper, Virginia

Dr. Ward practices at UVA Community Health Medical Group in Culpeper, Virginia.

Dr. Ward's NPI, 1235151739, was assigned on July 24, 2006. Dr. Ward graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Ward holds Virginia license 0101231303.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1355246141
NPI enumeration date
July 24, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(434) 295-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
55
Medical school graduation
1997

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

Dr. Christopher M. Ward practices at UVA Community Health Medical Group in Culpeper, Virginia

Dr. Ward's primary practice is UVA Community Health Medical Group, at 545 Sunset Ln, Culpeper, VA 22701 in Culpeper County. The practice phone is (434) 295-1000.

  • UVA Community Health Medical Group
    545 Sunset Ln, Culpeper, VA 22701 · Culpeper CountyPhone(434) 295-1000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Christopher M. Ward is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Ward's primary practice is UVA Community Health Medical Group in Culpeper, Virginia. Dr. Ward is also affiliated with UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center. The medical group on file is UVA Community Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ward to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher M. Ward's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ward practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UVA Community Health Medical GroupAvailable with a free account
+8 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Christopher M. Ward is one of 264 general practice physicians in Virginia

General practice is Dr. Ward's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208D00000X. Dr. Ward is licensed in Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • General practice, VirginiaPrimaryLicense 0101231303 · taxonomy 208D00000X

General practice physicians near Dr. Ward

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Dr. Christopher M. Ward billed Medicare for 5,769 services in 2024

CMS data shows 5,769 Medicare services from Dr. Ward across 43 procedure codes in 2024, for 850 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $197,805 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20245,769
Medicare patients850
Paid by Medicare$197,805
Procedure codes43

Dr. Ward's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Lab and pathology
2023: 2,9952024: 2,11729%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,2852024: 1,57731%
Other services
2023: 7292024: 83815%
Surgery
2023: 8092024: 49938%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 4542024: 38016%
Tests and treatments
2023: 5612024: 35836%

Dr. Ward compared with the Virginia median for general practice physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Ward
  • Virginia median
Medicare services
5,769vs 17033.9 times
Medicare patients
850vs 7711.0 times
Part D claims
3,449vs 10732.2 times

Medians across 125 general practice physicians in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ward'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 M. Ward treated 850 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 850 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ward in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 408 patients. 71% of them have high cholesterol, and 67% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.93, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ward's median patient age at 59, with 43% women.

Medicare patients, 2024850
Average age75
Average risk score0.93
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Ward's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ward's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women46254%
  • Men38846%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ward's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol71%
  2. High blood pressure67%
  3. Arthritis42%
  4. Diabetes26%
  5. Ischemic heart disease24%
  6. Atrial fibrillation17%
  7. Chronic kidney disease16%
  8. Cancer15%

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

Dr. Ward's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 59

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women43%
  • Men56%

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

Dr. Christopher M. Ward wrote 3,866 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ward wrote 3,866 Medicare Part D claims for 350 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,449 of them, across 83 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $365,357 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,253 claims across 77 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,866
Drugs named by CMS83
Total drug cost$365,357
Part D patients350

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

  • Generic3,353 claims87%
  • Brand-name481 claims12%
  • Other32 claims1%

Dr. Ward'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. Ward's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids0%15 of 3,866 claims
  • Antibiotics2%95 of 3,866 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%11 of 3,866 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: 3,2532024: 3,4496%

Drugs named by CMS: 83 in 2024, 77 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. Christopher M. Ward takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

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)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Christopher M. Ward has 95 publications on record

Dmand AI links 95 papers to Dr. Ward, published from 2006 to 2023. 2017 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Blood Platelets, Australia and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Dr. Ward has published most often in Platelets. Dr. Ward's most frequent co-authors are Tania Rifat Kamal and Alok K. Srivastava, MD.

Papers95
Years published2006 to 2023

Dr. Ward's papers by year, 2014 to 2023

Topics Dr. Ward writes about most

  • Blood Platelets
  • Australia
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Survivors
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Platelet Aggregation
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Thrombosis

Dr. Ward's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Ward

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

Dr. Christopher M. Ward received $7,395 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 480 general payments to Dr. Ward from 44 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $1,321.

General payments to Dr. Ward by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Ward by kind, 2016 to 2024

$7.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$7,23398%
  • Education$1462%
  • Gifts$160%

Companies that paid Dr. Ward the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Christopher M. Ward graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine

Dr. Ward graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1997.

  1. Medical schoolOhio State University College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Christopher M. Ward'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
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)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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Christopher M. Ward's NPI number?

Dr. Christopher M. Ward's NPI number is 1235151739. It was assigned on July 24, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher M. Ward?

Dr. Christopher M. Ward is a general practice physician in Culpeper, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is General Practice Physician (taxonomy code 208D00000X).

Where does Dr. Christopher M. Ward practice?

Dr. Ward practices at 545 Sunset Ln, Culpeper, VA 22701. Dr. Ward's primary practice is UVA Community Health Medical Group in Culpeper, Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ward to 4 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Christopher M. Ward's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ward is (434) 295-1000.

What is Dr. Christopher M. Ward's medical license number?

Dr. Ward holds Virginia license 0101231303.

Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher M. Ward affiliated with?

Dr. Ward is affiliated with UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Ward to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Christopher M. Ward part of?

Dr. Ward is linked to UVA Community Health Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Ward to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Christopher M. Ward accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ward billed Medicare for 5,769 services in 2024, and Dr. Ward accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher M. Ward see?

CMS counts 850 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ward in 2024, with an average age of 75.

What services does Dr. Christopher M. Ward bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ward's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and office visit, established patient (99213).

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Where did Dr. Christopher M. Ward go to medical school?

Dr. Ward graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1997.

What drugs does Dr. Christopher M. Ward prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ward's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Levothyroxine Sodium and Amlodipine Besylate.

Has Dr. Christopher M. Ward received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $7,395 in general payments to Dr. Ward from 44 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.

How long has Dr. Christopher M. Ward been practicing?

Dr. Ward graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.

Does Dr. Christopher M. Ward do research?

Dmand AI links 95 publications to Dr. Ward, published from 2006 to 2023.

Who does Dr. Christopher M. Ward publish with?

Dr. Ward's most frequent co-authors are Tania Rifat Kamal (2 shared papers) and Alok K. Srivastava, MD (1 shared paper).

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