James Robert Buford III, LPCC-S

Primary specialty

Mental Health CounselorTaxonomy code 101YM0800X

License

E 0002901 Issued in OH

Practice address

1066 Lexington Ave
Mansfield, OH 44907-2250

Phone

(419) 709-8447

Fax

(419) 526-5525

NPI assigned

Aug 1, 2007

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in OH

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: No
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Mental Health Counselor

Education

Other, 1992

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Group practices

Heritage Christian Counseling Ministries IncGroup PAC ID 5294059762, 3 clinicians

Heritage Christian Counseling of ShelbyGroup PAC ID 6406293687, 6 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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

• Heritage Christian Counseling Ministries, Inc.

  • Mental Health Counselor
  • Ashland, OH
  • NPI 1730247800
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Heritage Christian Counseling of Shelby

  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Shelby, OH
  • NPI 1114700622
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Heritage Christian Counseling of Mansfield

  • Mental Health Counselor
  • Mansfield, OH
  • NPI 1235021387
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ground Work Play Therapy, Inc.

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Jeromesville, OH
  • NPI 1073952271
  NPD

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

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            "address_1": "1060 Claremont Ave Ste 5",
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        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
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        "enumeration_date": "2007-08-01",
        "last_updated": "2026-07-08",
        "certification_date": "2026-07-08",
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• Bryan D. Martz D.D.S., M.S., Inc.
• Colton Allen Bryant
• Elizabeth Ann Bryant
• Kimberly Faye Bryant
• Daigeana Marie Buck
• Melissa Jo Bundy, LPN
• Julianna Elizabeth Burcham
• Martin Lee Burger
• John Howard Burgess, MD
• Steven Burggraf, PH.D

• Mental Health Counselor in Mansfield, OH
• Providers in Mansfield, OH by specialty
• Mental Health Counselor in Ohio

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 8, 2026; 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.

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