Tara Lavern Burnett, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Smithfield, NC
Tara Lavern Burnett, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Smithfield, North Carolina, and NPI 1366486623, issued on Jun 16, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9800480, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tara Lavern Burnett
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 9800480 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 517 N Brightleaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC 27577
- Phone
- (919) 989-5200
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2025
- Fax
- (833) 438-6949
- Medicaid ID
- 891161V NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170113002357); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 517 N Brightleaf Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Whitney Cuthbertson, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1265010110
- Jonathan Echeverria, PA-CPhysician Assistant1558834051
- Carol Edwards, N.P.Nurse Practitioner1588728794
- Cynthia Gary, PAPhysician Assistant1760719587
Verify Tara Lavern Burnett in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9800480Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,083 Medicare Part D claims for 135 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium127 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate108 claims
- Metformin Hcl93 claims
- Jardiance72 claims
- Losartan Potassium70 claims
- Lisinopril63 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: $260.17
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Johnston CountySmithfield, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
20 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Smithfield
They are 20 of the 727 NPPES records with a practice address in Smithfield, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 20 in Smithfield → All 4,953 in North Carolina → Every provider in Smithfield →
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Common questions
What is Tara Lavern Burnett, M.D.'s NPI number?
Tara Lavern Burnett, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366486623, issued on Jun 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tara Lavern Burnett, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 517 N Brightleaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC, 27577. Phone: (919) 989-5200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tara Lavern Burnett, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9800480, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Tara Lavern Burnett, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tara Lavern Burnett, M.D. had 2,083 Medicare Part D claims for 135 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.