Thomas Buford, DO
NPI 1104357862ActiveIndividual· Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine· Flowood, MS
Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine (DO) with Flowood Pain Center, LLC, practicing in Flowood, Mississippi. 480 Medicare patients in 2024, $190,772 paid; nearly all of their 1,164 Part D prescriptions were generic (99%). Spinal Simplicity, LLC was the largest of 10 companies reporting payments in 2025, $3,216 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Baptist Medical Center Attala and 2 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.
Overview
| NPI | 1104357862 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Credential | DO |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | Mar 24, 2017 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Certified by provider | Jun 24, 2025 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine Primary | 207LP2900X | 28774 | MS |
| Anesthesiology | 207L00000X | 28774 | MS |
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 390200000X | — | — |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Interventional Pain Management (MS) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 480 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 2,505 across 85 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $190,772 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 1,164 · 1,205 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 371 |
| Total drug cost | $23,700 |
| Generic share | 99% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Interventional Pain Management |
| Secondary specialties | Anesthesiology |
Medical group
- Flowood Pain Center, LLCFlowood, MS · 24 clinicians
Hospital affiliations
- Baptist Medical Center AttalaKosciusko, MS
- Baptist Medical Center-LeakeCarthage, MS
- Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$3,216 · 79 payments from 10 companies
- 2024$2,602 · 82 payments from 8 companies
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | $1,463 | 5 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $803.91 | 45 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $328.84 | 8 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $309.05 | 13 |
| Si-Bone, Inc. | $118.04 | 1 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Food and Beverage$1,867 · 77 payments
- Travel and Lodging$1,349 · 2 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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