Cara Buchanan, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Cara Buchanan, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1053974089, issued on Apr 16, 2019. Check the license (California A178309, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Buchanan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A178309 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1200 N. State Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033
- Phone
- (323) 409-7053
- Enumerated
- Apr 16, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jun 22, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1200 N. State Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Cara Buchanan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A178309Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
18 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
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Common questions
What is Cara Buchanan, MD's NPI number?
Cara Buchanan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053974089, issued on Apr 16, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Buchanan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 N. State Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90033. Phone: (323) 409-7053. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Buchanan, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A178309, 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 Cara Buchanan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Buchanan, MD had 18 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.