John W. Buckner, MD
Surgery Physician · Springfield, MO
John W. Buckner, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Springfield, Missouri, and NPI 1497797625, issued on Jun 12, 2006. Check the license (Missouri 102937, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John W. Buckner
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 102937 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 E Primrose St, Springfield, MO 65807
- Phone
- (417) 875-3000
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 3, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (417) 875-3245
- Medicaid ID
- 203740204 MO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050826000199); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri, Kansas City, School Of Medicine, 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify John W. Buckner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Search for license 102937Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
56% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
229 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 112 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen82 claims
- Tamoxifen Citrate69 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl14 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen13 claims
- Anastrozole12 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $103.68
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO
- Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John W. Buckner among 714 surgery physician records in Missouri
John W. Buckner, MD is one of 714 surgery physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 78% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2006 among the 410 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Missouri
There are 714 surgery physician records in Missouri.
All 714 in Missouri → Every provider in Springfield → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Daniel Cardwell, MDSpringfield, MO 658071477595627
- Benjamin Castro, MDSpringfield, MO 658071881117018
- Amanda Chelednik, MDSpringfield, MO 658071710337746
- Rachel Cobos, M.D.Springfield, MO 658071972862142
- Jack Coorts, MDSpringfield, MO 658071457884074
- William Hardman, M.D.Springfield, MO 658071861483968
- Joseph Keller, M.D.Springfield, MO 658071841819778
- Mariya Kochubey, MDSpringfield, MO 658071215433560
Common questions
What is John W. Buckner, MD's NPI number?
John W. Buckner, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497797625, issued on Jun 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John W. Buckner, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 E Primrose St, Springfield, MO, 65807. Phone: (417) 875-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John W. Buckner, MD's license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number 102937, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John W. Buckner, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John W. Buckner, MD had 229 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is John W. Buckner, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.