John Michael Butler, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Winston Salem, NC
John Michael Butler, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1104280585, issued on Apr 11, 2016. Check the license (North Carolina 2017-01925, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Michael Butler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 2017-01925 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Gme Wake Forest Baptist Medical Ctr, Winston Salem, NC 27157
- Phone
- (336) 716-5222
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2016
- Record last updated
- Sep 20, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180628001714); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify John Michael Butler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2017-01925Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
23% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
174 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin16 claims
- Prednisone14 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12 claims
- Potassium Chloride12 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesLexington, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John Michael Butler among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
John Michael Butler, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 73% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
174 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 174 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is John Michael Butler, MD's NPI number?
John Michael Butler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104280585, issued on Apr 11, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Michael Butler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Gme Wake Forest Baptist Medical Ctr, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-5222. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Michael Butler, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2017-01925, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John Michael Butler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Michael Butler, MD had 174 Medicare Part D claims for 129 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.