Nathan C. Buerge, CRNA

Primary specialty

Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X

License

556808 Issued in KS

Practice address

100 Mercy Way
Joplin, MO 64804-4524

Phone

(417) 781-2727

NPI assigned

Jan 16, 2006

Last updated

Aug 29, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MO, KS2 enrollments

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)

Education

Other, 2005

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Mercy Clinic Pittsburg LLCGroup PAC ID 7618418088, 45 clinicians

Northstar Anesthesia of Missouri LLCGroup PAC ID 4082908249, 88 clinicians

Labette County Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 5496664369, 74 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Labette Health Hospital, Parsons, KS, CCN 170120
• Mercy Hospital Joplin Hospital, Joplin, MO, CCN 260001
• Mercy Hospital Pittsburg, Inc Hospital, Pittsburg, KS, CCN 170006

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

48.28 of 100Reported as group

Quality

21.69

Improvement activities

40

Cost

71.16

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Certified Registered Nurse

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://epicmobile.corp.saint-lukes.org/FHIRPROXY/api/FHIR/R4
• Direct secure messaging: nbuerge723796@direct.kuha.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Labette County Medical Center

  dba LCMC ER Physician Group

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Parsons, KS
  • NPI 1336133362
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Mercy Clinic Pittsburg LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pittsburg, KS
  • NPI 1912751884

  Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Northstar Anesthesia of Missouri, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Irving, TX
  • NPI 1396191789

  MO, Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City PA

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Overland Park, KS
  • NPI 1174504732

  MO

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ozark Anesthesia Associates, Inc.

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Springfield, MO
  • NPI 1831109586
  Medicare reassignment
• Saint Luke's Hospital of Allen County, Inc

  dba Allen County Regional Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Iola, KS
  • NPI 1639185457
  Medicare reassignment
• Labette County Medical Center

  dba Labette Health Pittsburg Clinic

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Pittsburg, KS
  • NPI 1205524113
  NPD
• Labette County Medical Center

  dba Specialty Group of Labette Health

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Parsons, KS
  • NPI 1811981293
  NPD
• Midwest Pathology Associates LLC

  • Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
  • Overland Park, KS
  • NPI 1790748580
  NPD
• Saint Luke's Hospital of Allen County, Inc

  dba Allen County Regional Hospital

  • Medicare Defined Swing Bed Hospital Unit
  • Iola, KS
  • NPI 1912914888
  NPD
• Ukhs Great Bend, LLC

  dba Central Kansas Orthopedic Group

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Great Bend, KS
  • NPI 1962997197
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Mercy Hospital Joplin

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Joplin, MO
  • NPI 1700112745
  Care Compare affiliation
• Labette County Medical Center

  dba Labette Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Parsons, KS
  • NPI 1578560421
  Care Compare affiliation
• Mercy Hospital Pittsburg Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Pittsburg, KS
  • NPI 1639921430
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Joplin, MO
• Providers in Joplin, MO by specialty
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Missouri

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 29, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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