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Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs, MD
NPI1598739476PAC ID3173533288
- Medicare services, 2024
- 3,284
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 517
- Part D claims, 2024
- 33,455
- Publications
- 1
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 707 Chestnut St, South Charleston, WV 25309-2003
- Practice phone
- Call (304) 768-8500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians
Primary care practice · South Charleston, West Virginia
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Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs is an internist in South Charleston, West Virginia
Dr. Skaggs practices at Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians in South Charleston, West Virginia.
Dr. Skaggs' NPI, 1598739476, was assigned on February 15, 2006. Dr. Skaggs graduated from JC Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University in 1996. Dr. Skaggs holds West Virginia license 19877.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1598739476NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 3173533288
- NPI enumeration date
- February 15, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (304) 768-8500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs practices at Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians in South Charleston, West Virginia
Dr. Skaggs' primary practice is Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians, at 707 Chestnut St, South Charleston, WV 25309-2003. The practice phone is (304) 768-8500.
- Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians707 Chestnut St, South Charleston, WV 25309-2003Phone(304) 768-8500
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Skaggs' primary practice is Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians in South Charleston, West Virginia. Dr. Skaggs is also affiliated with Thomas Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Skaggs to 2 more hospitals, 3 home health agencies, 2 skilled nursing facilities and 1 hospice, each named with a free account.
Spring Hill Primary Care PhysiciansPrimary
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Skaggs practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians | Available with a free account |
| +9 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs is one of 718 internists in West Virginia
Internal medicine is Dr. Skaggs' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Skaggs is licensed in West Virginia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, West VirginiaPrimary
Internists near Dr. Skaggs
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs billed Medicare for 3,284 services in 2024
CMS data shows 3,284 Medicare services from Dr. Skaggs across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 517 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $139,591 for them.
Medicare services, 20243,284
Medicare patients517
Paid by Medicare$139,591
Procedure codes19
Dr. Skaggs' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,4082024: 1,2918%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 8612024: 62428%
- Surgery
- 2023: 6202024: 53813%
- Other services
- 2023: 4112024: 4071%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3322024: 3165%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 1062024: 7232%
- Imaging
- 2023: 442024: 3618%
Where Dr. Skaggs' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,94890%
- In a facility33610%
Dr. Skaggs compared with the West Virginia median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Skaggs
- West Virginia median
- Medicare services
- 3,284vs 3728.8 times
- Medicare patients
- 517vs 1753.0 times
- Part D claims
- 32,535vs 192169.5 times
Medians across 682 internists in West Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Skaggs' 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 Cleveland Skaggs treated 517 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 517 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Skaggs in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 221 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.32, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Skaggs' median patient age at 72, with 50% women.
Medicare patients, 2024517
Average age74
Average risk score1.32
Also on Medicaid17%
Dr. Skaggs' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Skaggs' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women26651%
- Men25149%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Skaggs' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis50%
- Anxiety39%
- Diabetes38%
- Mood disorders38%
- Ischemic heart disease37%
- Depression36%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Skaggs' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women50%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs wrote 33,455 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Skaggs wrote 33,455 Medicare Part D claims for 1,089 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 32,535 of them, across 257 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,187,362 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 32,138 claims across 271 drugs.
Part D claims, 202433,455
Drugs named by CMS257
Total drug cost$2.2M
Part D patients1,089
Dr. Skaggs' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic29,538 claims88%
- Brand-name3,743 claims11%
- Other174 claims1%
Dr. Skaggs' 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. Skaggs' Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids4%1,407 of 33,455 claims
- Antibiotics1%452 of 33,455 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over2%514 of 33,455 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: 32,1382024: 32,5351%
Drugs named by CMS: 257 in 2024, 271 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
How Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs takes part in Medicare
Dr. Skaggs 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 Cleveland Skaggs has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Skaggs in 2024. Dr. Skaggs' most frequent co-authors are Richard Matthew Atkins, MD, Usman A. Khan, MD and Kai Lau, MD.
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Dr. Skaggs' most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Skaggs
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Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs received $20,985 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 1,443 general payments to Dr. Skaggs from 64 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $2,195.
General payments to Dr. Skaggs by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Skaggs by kind, 2016 to 2025
$21Kin total
- Food and beverage$20,73899%
- Education$2471%
Companies that paid Dr. Skaggs 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 Cleveland Skaggs graduated from JC Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
Dr. Skaggs graduated from JC Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University in 1996.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs'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 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)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 Cleveland Skaggs' NPI number?
Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs' NPI number is 1598739476. It was assigned on February 15, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs?
Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs is an internist in South Charleston, West Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs practice?
Dr. Skaggs practices at 707 Chestnut St, South Charleston, WV 25309-2003. Dr. Skaggs' primary practice is Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians in South Charleston, West Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Skaggs to 2 hospitals, 3 home health agencies, 2 skilled nursing facilities and 1 hospice.
What is Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Skaggs is (304) 768-8500.
What is Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs' medical license number?
Dr. Skaggs holds West Virginia license 19877.
Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs affiliated with?
Dr. Skaggs is affiliated with Thomas Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Skaggs to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs part of?
Dr. Skaggs is linked to Spring Hill Primary Care Physicians.
Does Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Skaggs billed Medicare for 3,284 services in 2024, and Dr. Skaggs accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs see?
CMS counts 517 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Skaggs in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Skaggs' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and injected or infused drug (J3301).
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Where did Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs go to medical school?
Dr. Skaggs graduated from JC Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University in 1996.
What drugs does Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Skaggs' most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Pantoprazole Sodium and Gabapentin.
Has Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $20,985 in general payments to Dr. Skaggs from 64 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.
How long has Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs been practicing?
Dr. Skaggs graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
Does Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Skaggs.
Who does Dr. Christopher Cleveland Skaggs publish with?
Dr. Skaggs' most frequent co-authors are Richard Matthew Atkins, MD (1 shared paper), Usman A. Khan, MD (1 shared paper) and Kai Lau, MD (1 shared paper).
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