Douglas Scott Buffington, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Elysburg, PA
Douglas Scott Buffington, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Elysburg, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1346280088, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania OS011983, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas Scott Buffington
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- OS011983 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 289 S Market St, Elysburg, PA 17824
- Phone
- (570) 672-9885
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 13, 2022
- Fax
- (570) 672-9856
- Medicaid IDs
- 1012016970001 PA
1012016970002 PA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050124000964); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 289 S Market St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Alyssa Zigarski, CRNPNurse Practitioner1659163954
Verify Douglas Scott Buffington in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license OS011983Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,473 Medicare Part D claims for 353 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 285 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium370 claims
- Lisinopril237 claims
- Omeprazole161 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium158 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl109 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate105 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: $312.38
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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 2 group practices
- Family Practice Center PCElysburg, PA
- Phoenix Rehabilitation And Health Services IncCranberry Twp, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
5 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Elysburg
They are 5 of the 48 NPPES records with a practice address in Elysburg, and 7,483 family medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
All 5 in Elysburg → All 7,483 in Pennsylvania → Every provider in Elysburg →
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Common questions
What is Douglas Scott Buffington, DO's NPI number?
Douglas Scott Buffington, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346280088, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas Scott Buffington, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 289 S Market St, Elysburg, PA, 17824. Phone: (570) 672-9885. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas Scott Buffington, DO's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OS011983, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Douglas Scott Buffington, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas Scott Buffington, DO had 5,473 Medicare Part D claims for 353 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.