Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Lexington, KY
Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lexington, Kentucky, and NPI 1144222399, issued on Jun 1, 2005. Check the license (Kentucky 22065, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Ritchie Vanbussum
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 22065 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1760 Nicholasville RD, Lexington, KY 40503
- Phone
- (859) 277-3636
- Enumerated
- Jun 1, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 18, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (859) 277-7575
- Medicaid ID
- 64220650 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080401000611); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine, 1981
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Ritchie Vanbussum in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 22065Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
15,571 Medicare Part D claims for 923 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 571 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam784 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium534 claims
- Gabapentin410 claims
- Omeprazole410 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate400 claims
- Tramadol Hcl324 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $16.38
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, 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
- Baptist Health Medical Group IncLouisville, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Ritchie Vanbussum among 1,968 family medicine physician records in Kentucky
Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD is one of 1,968 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 86% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2006 among the 1,277 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 57% 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 Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
177 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lexington
They are 177 of the 14,031 NPPES records with a practice address in Lexington, and 1,968 family medicine physician records in Kentucky.
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Common questions
What is Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD's NPI number?
Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144222399, issued on Jun 1, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1760 Nicholasville RD, Lexington, KY, 40503. Phone: (859) 277-3636. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 22065, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD had 15,571 Medicare Part D claims for 923 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Robert Ritchie Vanbussum, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.5 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.