John B. Buttross, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Memphis, TN
John B. Buttross, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1053370213, issued on Mar 17, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 14765, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John B. Buttross
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 14765 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6799 Great Oaks Road, Memphis, TN 38138
- Phone
- (901) 821-8300
- Enumerated
- Mar 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 1, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (901) 259-9797
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081008000068); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6799 Great Oaks Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify John B. Buttross in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 14765Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11,928 Medicare Part D claims for 1,002 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 110 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate605 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium532 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium528 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium461 claims
- Losartan Potassium423 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate322 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: $451.76
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Consolidated Medical Practices OF Memphis,pllcMemphis, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John B. Buttross among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
John B. Buttross, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
325 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Memphis
They are 325 of the 12,794 NPPES records with a practice address in Memphis, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is John B. Buttross, MD's NPI number?
John B. Buttross, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053370213, issued on Mar 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John B. Buttross, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6799 Great Oaks Road, Memphis, TN, 38138. Phone: (901) 821-8300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John B. Buttross, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 14765, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John B. Buttross, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John B. Buttross, MD had 11,928 Medicare Part D claims for 1,002 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.