NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Patrick David Buan, P.A-C

Physician Assistant · San Diego, CA

Patrick David Buan, P.A-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1790729655, issued on Jun 15, 2006. Check the license (California PA17576, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1790729655
Name
Patrick David Buan
Credential
P.A-C
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
PA17576 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6030 Village Way Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92130
Phone
(800) 926-8273
Enumerated
Jun 15, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 6, 2025
Fax
(888) 539-8781
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20041119000646); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 6030 Village Way Ste 200

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Victor Mori, DOFamily Medicine Physician1952833303
  2. Victoria Waidley, MDFamily Medicine Physician1427793736

Verify Patrick David Buan in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

690 Medicare Part D claims for 533 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Patrick Buan690
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Azithromycin93 claims
  2. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass50 claims
  3. Methylprednisolone49 claims
  4. Paxlovid48 claims
  5. Doxycycline Hyclate40 claims
  6. Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro38 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: $124.99

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lundbeck LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Patrick Buan$124.99
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

  1. UC San Diego Health Community GroupSan Diego, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Patrick David Buan among 14,451 physician assistant records in California

Patrick David Buan, P.A-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 1% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
  • Graduated2004 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

747 physician assistant records list a practice address in San Diego

They are 747 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kaydee Bork, PACSan Diego, CA 921301669579850
  2. McQuade Brubaker, PASan Diego, CA 921301225527948
  3. Samuel Cantler, PA-CSan Diego, CA 921301780165514
  4. Lindsey Frehner, PASan Diego, CA 921301598001133
  5. Ritta Gharib, P.A.-CSan Diego, CA 921301336284074
  6. Brett Moore, P.A.-C.San Diego, CA 921301851362826
  7. Melissa Nebgen, PA-CSan Diego, CA 921301790250462
  8. Kelly Pineda, PA-CSan Diego, CA 921301295184893

Common questions

What is Patrick David Buan, P.A-C's NPI number?

Patrick David Buan, P.A-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790729655, issued on Jun 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Patrick David Buan, P.A-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6030 Village Way Ste 200, San Diego, CA, 92130. Phone: (800) 926-8273. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Patrick David Buan, P.A-C's license?

NPPES lists California license number PA17576, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Patrick David Buan, P.A-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Patrick David Buan, P.A-C had 690 Medicare Part D claims for 533 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.