Katharine Best Burmaster, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Salem, VA
Katharine Best Burmaster, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Salem, Virginia, and NPI 1740500065, issued on Jun 9, 2010. Check the license (Virginia 0101267213, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katharine Best Burmaster
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 0101267213 VA
MD222374 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2155 Apperson Dr, Salem, VA 24153
- Phone
- (540) 444-2010
- Enumerated
- Jun 9, 2010
- Record last updated
- Oct 29, 2024
- Fax
- (540) 444-2019
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241105002365); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Katharine Best Burmaster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101267213Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
22 Medicare Part D claims for 18 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $125.15
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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
- Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital And Medical CenterPortland, OR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Katharine Best Burmaster among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia
Katharine Best Burmaster, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 63% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2003 among the 2,234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 53% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
67 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Salem
They are 67 of the 1,678 NPPES records with a practice address in Salem, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Katharine Best Burmaster, MD's NPI number?
Katharine Best Burmaster, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740500065, issued on Jun 9, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katharine Best Burmaster, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2155 Apperson Dr, Salem, VA, 24153. Phone: (540) 444-2010. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Katharine Best Burmaster, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101267213, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Katharine Best Burmaster, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Katharine Best Burmaster, MD had 22 Medicare Part D claims for 18 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Katharine Best Burmaster, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.