Nathaniel James Buffington, MD

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

124117 Issued in AK

Practice address

1717 W Cowles St
Fairbanks, AK 99701-5926

Phone

(907) 451-6682

NPI assigned

Oct 18, 2006

Last updated

Jul 1, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 4

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Family Practice

Education

Medical College of Wisconsin, 2004

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Tanana Chiefs ConferenceGroup PAC ID 9537050109, 148 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Hospital, Fairbanks, AK, CCN 020012

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

92.86 of 100Reported as group

Quality

94.88

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

79.39

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: nathaniel.buffington.1@15989.direct.athenahealth.com

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.

• Tanana Chiefs Conference

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Fairbanks, AK
  • NPI 1821201278

  TX

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Tanana Chiefs Conference

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Fairbanks, AK
  • NPI 1871332387

  Multi-Specialty

  NPD
• Tanana Valley Clinic LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Fairbanks, AK
  • NPI 1073081485
  NPD
• Tanana Valley Clinic LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Fairbanks, AK
  • NPI 1922559558
  NPD
• Bigfork Family Practice LLC

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • Bigfork, MT
  • NPI 1639322878

  Multi-Specialty

  NPD (past)
• Bigfork Health and Wellness Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bigfork, MT
  • NPI 1518147818
  NPD (past)
• Prohealth Medical Group Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Waukesha, WI
  • NPI 1790720613

  Multi-Specialty

  NPD (past)

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

• Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Fairbanks, AK
  • NPI 1720537178
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Michael Richard Bryan, LPT
• Alexandria Rose Bucholtz
• Rebecca Lin Buckles
• Victoria Buckmeier
• Kevin Buffham
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• Building Blocks Rehab
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• Angela Buisman

• Family Medicine Physician in Fairbanks, AK
• Providers in Fairbanks, AK by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in Alaska

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 1, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.