NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Charlotte, NC

Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Charlotte, North Carolina, and NPI 1346206927, issued on Apr 24, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9801606, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1346206927
Name
Christopher Kevin Buehrig
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
9801606 NC
98-01606 NC
27912 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
13557 Steelecroft Pkwy Ste 1200, Charlotte, NC 28278
Phone
(704) 495-6334
Enumerated
Apr 24, 2006
Record last updated
May 7, 2026
Medicaid IDs
N00544 SC
891206K NC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040409000621); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 1996
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 13557 Steelecroft Pkwy Ste 1200

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Hunter Glasgow, PA-CPhysician Assistant1942856232
  2. John Tenini, MDInternal Medicine Physician1184915043

Verify Christopher Kevin Buehrig in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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8% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

3,439 Medicare Part D claims for 521 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 75 claims were for opioids.

  1. Christopher Buehrig3,439
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium226 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate125 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium113 claims
  4. Omeprazole111 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium106 claims
  6. Rosuvastatin Calcium104 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $59.66

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Christopher Buehrig$59.66
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Tryon Medical Partners, PLLCCharlotte, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Christopher Kevin Buehrig among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina

Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% 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, 52% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

536 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Charlotte

They are 536 of the 23,603 NPPES records with a practice address in Charlotte, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sindhu Joseph, MDCharlotte, NC 282781114103520
  2. Farzana Seemab, MDCharlotte, NC 282781053617837
  3. Terry Short, MDCharlotte, NC 282781114935715
  4. Kathleen Short, MDCharlotte, NC 282781861589566
  5. Lauren Sullivan, DOCharlotte, NC 282781346503125
  6. John Tenini, MDCharlotte, NC 282781184915043
  7. Sana Umair, MDCharlotte, NC 282781366847915
  8. Stephanie Bruns, MDCharlotte, NC 282771013274778

Common questions

What is Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD's NPI number?

Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346206927, issued on Apr 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13557 Steelecroft Pkwy Ste 1200, Charlotte, NC, 28278. Phone: (704) 495-6334. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9801606, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Christopher Kevin Buehrig, MD had 3,439 Medicare Part D claims for 521 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.