Christopher Buresh
Emergency Medicine Physician · Seattle, WA
Christopher Buresh is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Seattle, Washington, and NPI 1972578417, issued on Feb 20, 2006. Check the license (Washington MD61086674, as entered in NPPES) on the Washington Medical Commission; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Buresh
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- MD61086674 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 325 9TH Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
- Phone
- (206) 520-5000
- Enumerated
- Feb 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 17, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200921002972); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Buresh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWashington Medical Commission
Search for license MD61086674Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
32 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.1 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: $39,504.69
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- The Association OF University PhysiciansSeattle, WA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Buresh among 1,459 emergency medicine physician records in Washington
Christopher Buresh is one of 1,459 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Washington. 74% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2010 among the 851 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Washington practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Washington
There are 1,459 emergency medicine physician records in Washington.
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- Douglas Franzen, MDSeattle, WA 981041386671402
- Fiona Gallahue, MDSeattle, WA 981041578503561
- Jeremy Hess, MDSeattle, WA 981041831134154
- William Hurley, MDSeattle, WA 981041710923545
- Heemun Kwok, M.D.Seattle, WA 981041487628434
Common questions
What is Christopher Buresh's NPI number?
Christopher Buresh's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972578417, issued on Feb 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Buresh located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 325 9TH Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104. Phone: (206) 520-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Buresh's license?
NPPES lists Washington license number MD61086674, as entered by the provider. Search the Washington Medical Commission at https://wahelms.my.site.com/s/license-search. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Buresh prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Buresh had 32 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Buresh's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.1 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.