Kevin Charles Buettner, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Grand Forks, ND
Kevin Charles Buettner, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and NPI 1942480629, issued on Nov 9, 2007. Check the license (North Dakota R29970, as entered in NPPES) with the North Dakota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kevin Charles Buettner
- Credential
- CRNA
- Primary taxonomy
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
- License number
- R29970 ND
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1200 S Columbia RD - Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND 58201
- Phone
- (701) 780-6000
- Enumerated
- Nov 9, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 26, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071127000436); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kevin Charles Buettner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Dakota board licenses this profession
Search for license R29970Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83 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: $132.06
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Sanford Medical Center FargoWest Fargo, ND · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
- Altru Health SystemGrand Forks, ND
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Kevin Charles Buettner among 442 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in North Dakota
Kevin Charles Buettner, CRNA is one of 442 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in North Dakota. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 34% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 34% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2014 among the 326 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a North Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
62 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Grand Forks
They are 62 of the 2,524 NPPES records with a practice address in Grand Forks, and 442 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in North Dakota.
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Common questions
What is Kevin Charles Buettner, CRNA's NPI number?
Kevin Charles Buettner, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942480629, issued on Nov 9, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kevin Charles Buettner, CRNA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 S Columbia RD - Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND, 58201. Phone: (701) 780-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kevin Charles Buettner, CRNA's license?
NPPES lists North Dakota license number R29970, as entered by the provider. Search the North Dakota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Kevin Charles Buettner, CRNA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83 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.