Anita Kim Buniak, DO
Hospitalist Physician · Wilkes Barre, PA
Anita Kim Buniak, DO is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1649767179, issued on Apr 19, 2018. Check the license (Pennsylvania OS022284, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Anita Kim Buniak
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- OS022284 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 East Mountain Blvd, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711
- Phone
- (570) 808-7399
- Enumerated
- Apr 19, 2018
- Record last updated
- May 31, 2024
- Fax
- (570) 808-5942
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220825004340); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Anita Kim Buniak in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license OS022284Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
55% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
233 Medicare Part D claims for 107 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone16 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass14 claims
- Eliquis13 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $34.88
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 3 group practices
- Crouse Health Hospital IncSyracuse, NY
- Geisinger ClinicWilkes Barre, PA
- St Josephs Medical PCSyracuse, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Anita Kim Buniak among 1,424 hospitalist physician records in Pennsylvania
Anita Kim Buniak, DO is one of 1,424 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 94% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 72% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 72% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 94% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2011 among the 1,236 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
78 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Wilkes Barre
They are 78 of the 2,654 NPPES records with a practice address in Wilkes Barre, and 1,424 hospitalist physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Anita Kim Buniak, DO's NPI number?
Anita Kim Buniak, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649767179, issued on Apr 19, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Anita Kim Buniak, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 East Mountain Blvd, Wilkes Barre, PA, 18711. Phone: (570) 808-7399. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Anita Kim Buniak, DO's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OS022284, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Anita Kim Buniak, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Anita Kim Buniak, DO had 233 Medicare Part D claims for 107 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Anita Kim Buniak, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.