William Buchanan, MD
Interventional Cardiology Physician · Wilmington, NC
William Buchanan, MD is an interventional cardiology physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1225146210, issued on Aug 29, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 31454, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Buchanan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Cardiology Physician 207RI0011X
- License number
- 31454 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1717 Shipyard Blvd Ste 220, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Phone
- (910) 685-3177
- Enumerated
- Aug 29, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1717 Shipyard Blvd Ste 220
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Christina Lafoon, NPNurse Practitioner1881120806
- Hillary Wilson, FNPNurse Practitioner1720478324
Verify William Buchanan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 31454Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
7% more Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional cardiology physician in 2024
3,363 Medicare Part D claims for 629 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,147 among the 3,081 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate492 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium252 claims
- Eliquis191 claims
- Clopidogrel184 claims
- Losartan Potassium159 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium151 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: $478.42
16 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc.. The 2,934 providers of this specialty with any payment received $6,139.84 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.
2 hospital and facility affiliations
- Carteret Medical Group LLCCedar Point, NC
- Coastal Cardiovascular Associates, PAWilmington, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Interventional Cardiology Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 87 interventional cardiology physician records in North Carolina.
Other interventional cardiology physician records in North Carolina
- John Alexander, M.D.Charlotte, NC1144220286
- Amjad Almahameed, M.D., M.P.H.Charlotte, NC1780793828
- Mubashir Bahrami, M.D.Cary, NC1659767929
- Jonathan Berry, MD FACCGreensboro, NC1235237926
- David Bohle, MDElkin, NC1710966718
- Anthony Bracken, MDCharlotte, NC1770525438
- Damian Brezinski, MDCarolina Beach, NC1740395029
- Matthew Cavender, MDChapel Hill, NC1841492402
- John Cedarholm, MDMooresville, NC1356353379
- Herman Cheek, M.D.High Point, NC1265493027
Common questions
What is William Buchanan, MD's NPI number?
William Buchanan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225146210, issued on Aug 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Buchanan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1717 Shipyard Blvd Ste 220, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (910) 685-3177. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Buchanan, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 31454, 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 William Buchanan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Buchanan, MD had 3,363 Medicare Part D claims for 629 beneficiaries; the average among interventional cardiology physician prescribers was 3,147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.