Linda Buster, NP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Little River, SC
Linda Buster, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Little River, South Carolina, and NPI 1932327178, issued on Apr 23, 2007. Check the license (South Carolina 1114, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Linda Buster
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 1114 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4303 Live Oak Drive, Little River, SC 29566
- Phone
- (843) 663-8000
- Enumerated
- Apr 23, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 26, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- NP1379 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100728001127); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4303 Live Oak Drive
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Linda Buster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1114Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
111 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate11 claims
- Liothyronine Sodium11 claims
- Synthroid11 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: $113.57
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Little River Medical Center IncMyrtle Beach, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Linda Buster among 4,320 family nurse practitioner records in South Carolina
Linda Buster, NP is one of 4,320 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in South Carolina. 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 2007, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 9% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2018 among the 2,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
40 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Little River
They are 40 of the 308 NPPES records with a practice address in Little River, and 4,320 family nurse practitioner records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Linda Buster, NP's NPI number?
Linda Buster, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932327178, issued on Apr 23, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Linda Buster, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4303 Live Oak Drive, Little River, SC, 29566. Phone: (843) 663-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Linda Buster, NP's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 1114, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Linda Buster, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Linda Buster, NP had 111 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.