Abigail Buhain, MD
Family Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA
Abigail Buhain, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1043252489, issued on Jun 11, 2006. Check the license (California A91792, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Abigail Buhain
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A91792 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4405 Vandever Ave, San Diego, CA 92120
- Phone
- (800) 290-5000
- Enumerated
- Jun 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 2, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070201000263); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Abigail Buhain in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A91792Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,228 Medicare Part D claims for 552 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 206 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium282 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium203 claims
- Losartan Potassium198 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate191 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium191 claims
- Lisinopril159 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Abigail Buhain among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Abigail Buhain, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
780 family medicine physician records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 780 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Abigail Buhain, MD's NPI number?
Abigail Buhain, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043252489, issued on Jun 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Abigail Buhain, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4405 Vandever Ave, San Diego, CA, 92120. Phone: (800) 290-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Abigail Buhain, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A91792, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Abigail Buhain, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Abigail Buhain, MD had 4,228 Medicare Part D claims for 552 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.