NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dora Elva Buckhalter, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Medical Physician Assistant · Sacramento, CA

Dora Elva Buckhalter, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1962453902, issued on May 15, 2006. Check the license (California PA 16135, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; 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
1962453902
Name
Dora Elva Buckhalter
Credential
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Primary taxonomy
Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
License number
PA 16135 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7501 Hospital Dr Ste 203, Sacramento, CA 95823
Phone
(916) 681-1130
Enumerated
May 15, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 23, 2026
Fax
(916) 681-1133
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 7501 Hospital Dr Ste 203

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

  1. Rebecca Lei, PA-CPediatrics Physician1770439556
  2. Donald Neal, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1538603147
  3. Joan Villaflor, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1063755932

Verify Dora Elva Buckhalter in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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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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Industry payments in 2024: $150.48

5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Dora Elva Buckhalter$150.48
  2. Specialty average$1,055.00

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Dora Elva Buckhalter among 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California

Dora Elva Buckhalter, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is one of 3,376 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 69% 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 2% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 80% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 40% of these records are
  • Record last updated2026 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Medical Physician Assistant providers in California

There are 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California.

The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Edward Arias, PASacramento, CA 958231922018993
  2. Kathryn Cunningham, PA-CSacramento, CA 958231730388588
  3. Lauren Frank, PASacramento, CA 958231992532360
  4. Karyna Karpiyevich, MS, PA-CSacramento, CA 958231609127042
  5. Alfonso Quant, P.A.Sacramento, CA 958231700949716
  6. Beverly Varughese, PA-CSacramento, CA 958231356001945
  7. Michael Wilhelm, PA-CSacramento, CA 958231295918001
  8. Ja Yang, P.ASacramento, CA 958231881603629

Common questions

What is Dora Elva Buckhalter, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's NPI number?

Dora Elva Buckhalter, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962453902, issued on May 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Dora Elva Buckhalter, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7501 Hospital Dr Ste 203, Sacramento, CA, 95823. Phone: (916) 681-1130. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Dora Elva Buckhalter, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's license?

NPPES lists California license number PA 16135, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.