Margaret L. Schutte, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Buford, GA
Margaret L. Schutte, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Buford, Georgia, and NPI 1245222645, issued on Aug 22, 2005. Check the license (Georgia 045118, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Margaret L. Schutte
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 045118 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4445 S Lee St, Buford, GA 30518
- Phone
- (770) 932-3502
- Enumerated
- Aug 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (770) 932-9496
- Medicaid ID
- 00808981B GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050119000395); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 1996
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4445 S Lee St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Margaret L. Schutte in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 045118Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
11,557 Medicare Part D claims for 903 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 319 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium615 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate611 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium523 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium467 claims
- Lisinopril334 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate244 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: $416.82
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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 2 group practices
- Northeast Georgia Physicians Group IncBuford, GA
- Physiotherapy Associates IncBuford, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Margaret L. Schutte among 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia
Margaret L. Schutte, M.D. is one of 3,951 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2005 among the 2,542 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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 207Q00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
22 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Buford
They are 22 of the 865 NPPES records with a practice address in Buford, and 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Peaesha Houston, DOBuford, GA 305181285054742
- Nikki Hughes, MDBuford, GA 305181053490938
- Jung Kim, MDBuford, GA 305181225324551
- Richard Liotta, D.OSugar Hill, GA 305181619927522
- Ibrahim Opaleye, M.D.Buford, GA 305181720367287
- Dipak Patel, M.D.Sugar Hill, GA 305181407849524
- Arif Patni, D.O.Buford, GA 305181033116934
Common questions
What is Margaret L. Schutte, M.D.'s NPI number?
Margaret L. Schutte, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245222645, issued on Aug 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Margaret L. Schutte, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4445 S Lee St, Buford, GA, 30518. Phone: (770) 932-3502. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Margaret L. Schutte, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 045118, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Margaret L. Schutte, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Margaret L. Schutte, M.D. had 11,557 Medicare Part D claims for 903 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.