Timothy Buff
Emergency Medicine Physician · Chapel Hill, NC
Timothy Buff is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and NPI 1902283351, issued on May 5, 2015. Check the license (North Carolina 2017-01012, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Timothy Buff
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 2017-01012 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 170 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Phone
- (919) 966-6442
- Enumerated
- May 5, 2015
- Record last updated
- Sep 12, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171114001799); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Timothy Buff in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2017-01012Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
319 Medicare Part D claims for 216 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 40 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin42 claims
- Ondansetron Odt35 claims
- Prednisone23 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl22 claims
- Azithromycin18 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate14 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: $104.62
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Csl Behring. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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 3 group practices
- Gastonia Physician Services PLLCGastonia, NC
- The Carolinas Emergency Group, PLLCWadesboro, NC
- Wake Forest Emergency ProvidersConcord, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Timothy Buff among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Timothy Buff is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 70% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 55% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
122 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Chapel Hill
They are 122 of the 7,608 NPPES records with a practice address in Chapel Hill, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Timothy Buff's NPI number?
Timothy Buff's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902283351, issued on May 5, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Timothy Buff located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 170 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599. Phone: (919) 966-6442. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Timothy Buff's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2017-01012, 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 Timothy Buff prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Timothy Buff had 319 Medicare Part D claims for 216 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.