Lonna Shay Bufford, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Fayetteville, AR
Lonna Shay Bufford, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and NPI 1790952067, issued on May 14, 2008. Check the license (Arkansas E-10342, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lonna Shay Bufford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- E-10342 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2523 E Huntsville RD, Fayetteville, AR 72701
- Phone
- (479) 442-2822
- Enumerated
- May 14, 2008
- Record last updated
- Mar 14, 2024
- Fax
- (479) 582-1754
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170327001448); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 2008
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lonna Shay Bufford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license E-10342Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,064 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 136 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril211 claims
- Omeprazole209 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium199 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate197 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium164 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium152 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: $697.78
49 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Medical Associates OF Northwest Arkansas, PAFayetteville, AR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lonna Shay Bufford among 1,681 family medicine physician records in Arkansas
Lonna Shay Bufford, MD is one of 1,681 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Arkansas. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 61% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2004 among the 1,156 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Arkansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
97 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Fayetteville
They are 97 of the 3,890 NPPES records with a practice address in Fayetteville, and 1,681 family medicine physician records in Arkansas.
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Common questions
What is Lonna Shay Bufford, MD's NPI number?
Lonna Shay Bufford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790952067, issued on May 14, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lonna Shay Bufford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2523 E Huntsville RD, Fayetteville, AR, 72701. Phone: (479) 442-2822. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lonna Shay Bufford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number E-10342, as entered by the provider. Search the Arkansas State Medical Board at https://armedicalboard.adh.arkansas.gov/public/verify/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lonna Shay Bufford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lonna Shay Bufford, MD had 4,064 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.