Nikola K Puffinbarger, MD

Primary specialty

Pediatric Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 2086S0120X

License

036172443 Issued in IL

Practice address

5841 S Maryland Ave
Chicago, IL 60637-1443

Phone

(888) 824-0200

NPI assigned

Mar 11, 2006

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in OK, IL, KS3 enrollments

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 3

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

77.26 of 100Reported as group

Quality

53.73

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

70.48

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: npuffinbarger59767@direct.integrisok.com

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.

• Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Oak Brook, IL
  • NPI 1700824455
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• The University of Chicago Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1033218128
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• University of Chicago

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1821048786
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma - Ou Physicians

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • NPI 1801869250
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Integris Ambulatory Care Corporation

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • NPI 1750333936
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ou Health Partners, Inc

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • NPI 1528642642
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Wesley Physicians Medical Specialties LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Wichita, KS
  • NPI 1699069732
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

  • Children's Hospital
  • Oak Lawn, IL
  • NPI 1508315516
  NPD
• The University of Chicago Medical Center

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Calumet City, IL
  • NPI 1255895678
  NPD
• Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma - Ou Physicians

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Edmond, OK
  • NPI 1124646971
  NPD
• Ou Health Partners, Inc

  • Prosthetic/Orthotic Supplier
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • NPI 1447834460
  NPD
• Ou Medicine Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • NPI 1649794157
  NPD (past)

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

{
    "created_epoch": "1142035200000",
    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1742947200000",
    "number": "1821066176",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "150 HARVESTER DR STE 300",
            "city": "BURR RIDGE",
            "state": "IL",
            "postal_code": "605275965"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "5841 S MARYLAND AVE",
            "city": "CHICAGO",
            "state": "IL",
            "postal_code": "606371443",
            "telephone_number": "888-824-0200"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "4440 W 95th St Ste 1332H",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Oak Lawn",
            "state": "IL",
            "postal_code": "604532600",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "708-684-5437",
            "fax_number": "708-684-4808",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "PUFFINBARGER",
        "first_name": "NIKOLA",
        "middle_name": "K",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-03-11",
        "last_updated": "2025-03-26",
        "certification_date": "2025-03-26",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "208600000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Surgery",
            "state": "OK",
            "license": "18029",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "2086S0120X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Surgery, Pediatric Surgery",
            "state": "IL",
            "license": "036172443",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [
        {
            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "npuffinbarger412561@direct.myadvocateaurora.org",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "use": "DIRECT",
            "useDescription": "Direct",
            "address_1": "4440 W 95th St Ste 1332H",
            "city": "Oak Lawn",
            "state": "IL",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "604532600",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        },
        {
            "endpointType": "FHIR",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "FHIR URL",
            "endpoint": "https://EpicFHIR.aurora.org/FHIR/MYAURORA/api/FHIR/DSTU2/",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "address_1": "4440 W 95th St Ste 1332H",
            "city": "Oak Lawn",
            "state": "IL",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "604532600",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "other_names": []
}

• Mariana Beatriz Puentes, LCSW
• John William Pueringer, DO, MHA, MS
• Nicole G Puertas Sanchez
• Puerto Rican Cultural Center
• Helen Puesta, COTA/L
• Stephanie Nicole Puga-Bernaldo, MD
• Cheryl Lynn Pugh, PSY.D.
• Courtney Simone Pugh, MD
• Erica Alise Pugh, LCPC
• Jami Pugh, LCPC, NCC, ATR-BC

• Pediatric Surgery Physician in Chicago, IL
• Providers in Chicago, IL by specialty
• Pediatric Surgery Physician in Illinois

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 26, 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.