Sara Lane Buckner, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner · Asheville, NC
Sara Lane Buckner, FNP-BC is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1801603683, issued on Dec 16, 2024. Check the license (North Carolina 5021594, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Lane Buckner
- Credential
- FNP-BC
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License numbers
- 5021594 NC
323960 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 218 Elkwood Ave, Asheville, NC 28804
- Phone
- (828) 257-4747
- Enumerated
- Dec 16, 2024
- Record last updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- Fax
- (828) 257-4763
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250225003684); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Lane Buckner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5021594Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $88.51
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Mountain Area Health Education Center IncAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Lane Buckner among 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Sara Lane Buckner, FNP-BC is one of 4,524 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 90% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 90% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2024 · median 2018 among the 2,863 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 34% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
198 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 198 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Sara Lane Buckner, FNP-BC's NPI number?
Sara Lane Buckner, FNP-BC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801603683, issued on Dec 16, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Lane Buckner, FNP-BC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 218 Elkwood Ave, Asheville, NC, 28804. Phone: (828) 257-4747. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Lane Buckner, FNP-BC's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5021594, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.