Rick James Bucher, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Oxford, OH
Rick James Bucher, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Oxford, Ohio, and NPI 1972619443, issued on Aug 21, 2006. Check the license (Ohio 35052335, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rick James Bucher
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 35052335 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5237 Morning Sun RD, Oxford, OH 45056
- Phone
- (513) 523-7511
- Enumerated
- Aug 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 13, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (513) 524-1028
- Medicaid ID
- 0597162 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110307000216); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5237 Morning Sun RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Benjamin Barnes, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1942742978
- Meghan Dozier, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1649797366
Verify Rick James Bucher in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35052335Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,303 Medicare Part D claims for 316 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 45 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone121 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass60 claims
- Lisinopril51 claims
- Cefuroxime42 claims
- Cephalexin38 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium35 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: $1,474.33
91 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Oxford Family Practice, Inc.Oxford, OH
- Oxford Physical Therapy And RehabilitationMason, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rick James Bucher among 5,606 family medicine physician records in Ohio
Rick James Bucher, M.D. is one of 5,606 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 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 2006, is newer than 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2005 among the 3,510 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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 Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Oxford
They are 10 of the 299 NPPES records with a practice address in Oxford, and 5,606 family medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is Rick James Bucher, M.D.'s NPI number?
Rick James Bucher, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972619443, issued on Aug 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rick James Bucher, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5237 Morning Sun RD, Oxford, OH, 45056. Phone: (513) 523-7511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rick James Bucher, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35052335, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Rick James Bucher, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rick James Bucher, M.D. had 1,303 Medicare Part D claims for 316 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.