Robert B. Buckingham, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
Robert B. Buckingham, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1558342824, issued on Nov 14, 2005. Check the license (Alabama MD.24818, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert B. Buckingham
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- MD.24818 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 619 19TH St S, Birmingham, AL 35249
- Phone
- (205) 975-7387
- Enumerated
- Nov 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 7, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 975-4662
- Medicaid IDs
- 051556388 AL
109846 AL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050628000977); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Pennsylvania, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert B. Buckingham in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD.24818Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
263 Medicare Part D claims for 192 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt20 claims
- Naproxen17 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass14 claims
- Cefpodoxime Proxetil14 claims
- Methocarbamol14 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl13 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- University OF Alabama Health Services Foundation, PCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert B. Buckingham among 678 emergency medicine physician records in Alabama
Robert B. Buckingham, MD is one of 678 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% 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, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2011 among the 399 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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 207P00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
238 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 238 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 678 emergency medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Robert B. Buckingham, MD's NPI number?
Robert B. Buckingham, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558342824, issued on Nov 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert B. Buckingham, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 619 19TH St S, Birmingham, AL, 35249. Phone: (205) 975-7387. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert B. Buckingham, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number MD.24818, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Robert B. Buckingham, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert B. Buckingham, MD had 263 Medicare Part D claims for 192 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.