Christina Kimmel Buffington, MSOTR/L

Primary specialty

Hand Occupational TherapistTaxonomy code 225XH1200X

License

6950 Issued in NC

Practice address

120 William Penn PLZ
Durham, NC 27704-2150

Phone

(919) 220-5255

NPI assigned

Sep 11, 2012

Last updated

Oct 28, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Occupational Therapist in Private Practice

Education

Other, 2004

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Emergeortho PAGroup PAC ID 0749188894, 726 clinicians

Unc Physicians Group Practices II LLCGroup PAC ID 2466865944, 60 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

89.07 of 100Reported as group

Quality

85.94

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

77.63

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: cbuffington674982@direct.unc.nchie.net

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.

• Emergeortho PA

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Durham, NC
  • NPI 1376592964

  Occupational Therapist

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Unc Physicians Group Practices II, LLC

  dba UNC Health Cary Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Specialists

  • Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician
  • Cary, NC
  • NPI 1053919183
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Emergeortho PA

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Eden, NC
  • NPI 1841170222
  NPD
• Unc Physicians Group Practices II, LLC

  dba UNC Health Cary Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Specialists

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Holly Springs, NC
  • NPI 1477130565
  NPD

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

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• Samuel David Budney, MD
• Ethan John Budsock
• Ruth K Buechsel Strackany, PSY.D.
• Anna Bueton
• Emma Lani Bufalini, LMBT
• Gwendolen Buhr, M.D.
• Vivian Buhrman, LCSW
• Stephanie R Buie, OWNER/DIRECTOR
• Building Futures LLC
• Building Futures, LLC

• Hand Occupational Therapist in Durham, NC
• Providers in Durham, NC by specialty
• Hand Occupational Therapist in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 28, 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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