Kimberly Cheree Buckner, PMHNP-BC

Primary specialty

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LP0808X

License

6161072 Issued in ID

Practice address

252 N Main St
Russellville, KY 42276-1825

Phone

(270) 216-0864

NPI assigned

Aug 17, 2021

Last updated

Jan 23, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 5

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in KY, TX, IA, ID, WA, CO, NC, MA, NM, TN, VA11 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

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

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 11

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2021

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Forefront Telecare IncGroup PAC ID 9638319114, 29 clinicians

Psychiatry of Texas PLLCGroup PAC ID 0345573598, 418 clinicians

Forefront-Matteson Medical Services PCGroup PAC ID 8527473693, 12 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Kootenai Health Hospital, Coeur D'Alene, ID, CCN 130049
• HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood Hospital, Kingwood, TX, CCN 450775

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

86.65 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

89.26

Promoting interoperability

69.9

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations (25 of 41)

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kimberly.buckner.1@13131.direct.athenahealth.com
• Direct secure messaging: kimberly.buckner.1@24287.direct.athenahealth.com
• Direct secure messaging: kimberly.buckner.1@32143.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.

• First Steps Wellness LLC

  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Russellville, KY
  • NPI 1386366649
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Forefront Telecare Inc

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1174035612

  IA, ID, KY

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Forefront-Matteson Medical Services PC

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1659982551

  NC

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Psychiatry of Texas PLLC

  dba Psychplus Associates

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1013476027

  CO, IA, KY, MA, NC, NM, Psychiatric/Mental Health, TN, VA, WA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Abs Lincs Ky, LLC

  dba Cumberland Hall Hospital

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Hopkinsville, KY
  • NPI 1720353501

  Psychiatric/Mental Health

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Access Telecare, PLLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1013303080

  IA, ID, NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Forefront-Rush Medical Service PA

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Amarillo, TX
  • NPI 1083036651
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Psychplus Medical Associates, PLLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1558118026

  CO, IA, KY, MA, NC, NM, TN, VA, WA

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Top of Texas Psychiatry, PLLC

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Amarillo, TX
  • NPI 1952873671
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.

  • Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Physician
  • Whitesburg, KY
  • NPI 1417045998
  Medicare reassignment
• Forefront-Rosenzweig Medical Services Professional Corporation

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1588101745

  WA

  Medicare reassignment
• Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc

  dba ARH Tri-Cities Clinic Pharmacy

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Cumberland, KY
  • NPI 1710870811
  NPD

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

• Kootenai Health, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID
  • NPI 1992798409
  Care Compare affiliation
• KPH-Consolidation, Inc.

  dba HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress a Campus of HCA Houston Healthcar

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Kingwood, TX
  • NPI 1811942238
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Bowling Green-Warren County Community Hospital Corporation (The Medical Center at Russellville)
• Jane Rebecca Brasseale, PT, DPT
• Wesley A Bratcher, DPT
• Brian Lynch
• Leroy Selby Buck Jr., M.D.
• Laura Bush, LPCC
• Lee Ann Byrd, BHS
• Trisha Kelly Campbell, APRN
• Ashlyn Carey
• Sydney Caron

• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Russellville, KY
• Providers in Russellville, KY by specialty
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Kentucky

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 23, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.