Dr. Christopher John Gaertner , DC
Chiropractor • Rutherford, NJ
75 Orient Way Ste 301
Rutherford, NJ 070702086
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
75 Orient Way Ste 301
Rutherford, NJ 070702086
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Logan College Of Chiropractic
2023
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
Years since graduation
3 years (graduated 2023)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2023 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2023
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Gaertner has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Rutherford and New Jersey
11 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Rutherford, NJ (2,911 in New Jersey).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Rutherford
0% of these 11 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
36.4% of these 11 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2023-09-05NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC
I20241210002111
NJ
5193251460
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Physical Therapist
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated September 05, 2023.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from September 2023 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
6107 Brookhaven Ct
Riverdale, NJ 074571646
Phone: 2017863995