Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D.
Specialist · Asheville, NC
Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1841364551, issued on Nov 17, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 0098-00481, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles A. Buzzanell
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 0098-00481 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 172 Asheland Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
- Phone
- (828) 350-9310
- Enumerated
- Nov 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 26, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 350-9311
- Medicaid ID
- 5900458 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040504001692); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Georgetown University School Of Medicine, 1984
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Charles A. Buzzanell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 0098-00481Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
5,055 Medicare Part D claims for 518 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 2,449 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen617 claims
- Gabapentin354 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er353 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen310 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl308 claims
- Methocarbamol273 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,739.44
62 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Nevro Corp. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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 one group practice
- Blue Ridge Pain Management And Palliative Care PAAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles A. Buzzanell among 839 specialist records in North Carolina
Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D. is one of 839 specialist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 19% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 19% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 13% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 1991 among the 109 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 76% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Specialist providers in North Carolina
There are 839 specialist records in North Carolina.
All 839 in North Carolina → Every provider in Asheville → Specialist nationwide →
The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jerry Ariail, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011669538559
- Maryann Butchko, OTAsheville, NC 288011285688671
- Larry Cain, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011306800800
- John McCollum, P.T.Asheville, NC 288011235131509
- Elizabeth McKinsey, LPTAsheville, NC 288011700925393
- Charles Mitchell, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011588654305
- Lisa Murcko, MDAsheville, NC 288011932191442
- Eileen Riehman, PTAsheville, NC 288011134170392
Common questions
What is Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D.'s NPI number?
Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841364551, issued on Nov 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 172 Asheland Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801. Phone: (828) 350-9310. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 0098-00481, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D. had 5,055 Medicare Part D claims for 518 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Charles A. Buzzanell, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.