Shontae R. Buffington, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Brunswick, GA
Shontae R. Buffington, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Brunswick, Georgia, and NPI 1083729446, issued on Aug 19, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 71051, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shontae R. Buffington
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- 71051 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3300 4TH St, Brunswick, GA 31520
- Phone
- (912) 466-5870
- Enumerated
- Aug 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 18, 2023
- Fax
- (912) 466-5883
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140516001011); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Howard University College Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3300 4TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Brad Bridges, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1144649021
- Elena Bryant, MDPediatrics Physician1356874598
- Rosemarie Horner, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1215273230
- Carolanne Majeski, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1235502188
- Elysia RuizPhysician Assistant1285427401
Verify Shontae R. Buffington in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 71051Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 71.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $136.07
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Corium, LLC. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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
- Cooperative Healthcare Services IncBrunswick, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shontae R. Buffington among 2,258 pediatrics physician records in Georgia
Shontae R. Buffington, MD is one of 2,258 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 47% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 47% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 5% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2011 among the 117 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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 208000000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Brunswick
They are 15 of the 980 NPPES records with a practice address in Brunswick, and 2,258 pediatrics physician records in Georgia.
All 2,258 in Georgia → Every provider in Brunswick → Pediatrics Physician nationwide →
The 8 pediatrics physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ayman Aljabi, MDBrunswick, GA 315201902944234
- Juan Arana, DOBrunswick, GA 315201952863649
- Brad Bridges, M.D.Brunswick, GA 315201144649021
- Elena Bryant, MDBrunswick, GA 315201356874598
- Michael Cooper, M.D.Brunswick, GA 315201225079452
- Helene Coyle, MDBrunswick, GA 315201275622797
- Evelyn Johnson, M.D.Brunswick, GA 315201285781575
- Efthimia Pavlou, M.D.Brunswick, GA 315201659471209
Common questions
What is Shontae R. Buffington, MD's NPI number?
Shontae R. Buffington, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083729446, issued on Aug 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shontae R. Buffington, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3300 4TH St, Brunswick, GA, 31520. Phone: (912) 466-5870. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shontae R. Buffington, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 71051, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Shontae R. Buffington, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 71.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.