Franklin Keith Bufford, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Auburn, AL
Franklin Keith Bufford, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Auburn, Alabama, and NPI 1083706758, issued on Sep 29, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 14130, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Franklin Keith Bufford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 14130 AL
00014130 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 665 North Dean Road, Auburn, AL 36830
- Phone
- (334) 826-1111
- Enumerated
- Sep 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Fax
- (334) 321-0399
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040526000571); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 665 North Dean Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Franklin Keith Bufford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 14130Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,931 Medicare Part D claims for 468 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Montelukast Sodium476 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium365 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium290 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate251 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium250 claims
- Losartan Potassium232 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: $1,337.63
76 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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 one group practice
- Auburn Family Medicine LLCAuburn, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Franklin Keith Bufford among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
Franklin Keith Bufford, MD is one of 1,996 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
22 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Auburn
They are 22 of the 1,054 NPPES records with a practice address in Auburn, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Franklin Keith Bufford, MD's NPI number?
Franklin Keith Bufford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083706758, issued on Sep 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Franklin Keith Bufford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 665 North Dean Road, Auburn, AL, 36830. Phone: (334) 826-1111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Franklin Keith Bufford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 14130, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Franklin Keith Bufford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Franklin Keith Bufford, MD had 7,931 Medicare Part D claims for 468 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.