Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,331
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 526
- Part D claims, 2024
- 359
- Publications
- 8
- MIPS score, 2024
- 99
- Practice address
- 329 Nc Highway 801 N, Bermuda Run, NC 27006
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD
Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Bermuda Run, North Carolina
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Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler is a dermatologist in Advance, North Carolina
Dr. Doerfler practices at Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.
Dr. Doerfler's NPI, 1801158027, was assigned on June 13, 2012. Dr. Doerfler holds Indiana license 01078691A.
- NPI
- 1801158027NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6507171154
- NPI enumeration date
- June 13, 2012
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 40
- Medical school graduation
- 2012
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler practices at Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD in Bermuda Run, North Carolina
Dr. Doerfler's primary practice is Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD, at 329 Nc Highway 801 N, Bermuda Run, NC 27006.
- Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD329 Nc Highway 801 N, Bermuda Run, NC 27006
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Doerfler's primary practice is Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. Dr. Doerfler is also affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Doerfler practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler is one of 434 dermatologists in North Carolina
Dermatology is Dr. Doerfler's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Doerfler's licenses on file in 2 states: Indiana and North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Dermatology, IndianaPrimary
- Student in an organized health care education/training program, North Carolina
Dermatologists near Dr. Doerfler
Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler billed Medicare for 1,331 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,331 Medicare services from Dr. Doerfler across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 526 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $212,008 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Doerfler's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 1,1982024: 1,2373%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 632024: 9449%
Dr. Doerfler compared with the North Carolina median for dermatologists, 2024
- Dr. Doerfler
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 1,331vs 2,19439% below
- Medicare patients
- 526vs 526Close to median
- Part D claims
- 313vs 53742% below
Medians across 445 dermatologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Doerfler's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler treated 526 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 526 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Doerfler in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 224 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Doerfler's median patient age at 77, with 43% women.
Dr. Doerfler's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Doerfler's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women21841%
- Men30859%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Doerfler's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis42%
- Chronic kidney disease31%
- Ischemic heart disease29%
- Diabetes27%
- Atrial fibrillation24%
- Mood disorders21%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Doerfler's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 77
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women43%
- Men57%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler wrote 359 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Doerfler wrote 359 Medicare Part D claims for 239 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 313 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $8,688 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 284 claims across 5 drugs.
Dr. Doerfler's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic354 claims99%
- Brand-name and other5 claims1%
Dr. Doerfler's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Doerfler's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids15%55 of 359 claims
- Antibiotics52%186 of 359 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 2842024: 31310%
Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 5 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler scored 99 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Doerfler for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Doerfler accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 108 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Doerfler, more than 94% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Doerfler's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 99of 100Final score
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Doerfler ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin cancer
- 65th percentile572 procedures
- Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
- 94th percentile108 procedures
- Removal of skin lesions
- 74th percentile84 procedures
- Skin biopsy
- 70th percentile55 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler has 8 publications on record
Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Doerfler, published from 2015 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Skin Neoplasms, Antineoplastic Agents and Carcinoma, Squamous Cell. Dr. Doerfler has published most often in Dermatol Surg. Dr. Doerfler's most frequent co-authors are Christine Ahn, MD, Steven Richard Feldman, MD and Wasim Haidari, MD.
Dr. Doerfler's papers by year, 2015 to 2025
Topics Dr. Doerfler writes about most
- Skin Neoplasms
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Fluorouracil
- Mohs Surgery
Dr. Doerfler's most frequent co-authors
- Christine Ahn, MD2 shared papers
- Steven Richard Feldman, MD2 shared papers
- Wasim Haidari, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Doerfler
Arch Dermatol Res
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler received $1,329 in industry payments from 2017 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 20 general payments to Dr. Doerfler from 10 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. paid the most, $352.
General payments to Dr. Doerfler by program year, 2017 to 2024
Companies that paid Dr. Doerfler the most, 2017 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler's NPI number?
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler's NPI number is 1801158027. It was assigned on June 13, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler?
Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler is a dermatologist in Advance, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).
Where does Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler practice?
Dr. Doerfler practices at 329 Nc Highway 801 N, Bermuda Run, NC 27006. Dr. Doerfler's primary practice is Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.
What is Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler's medical license number?
Dr. Doerfler holds Indiana license 01078691A, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Doerfler in Indiana and North Carolina.
Which hospitals is Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler affiliated with?
Dr. Doerfler is affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler part of?
Dr. Doerfler is linked to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
Does Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Doerfler billed Medicare for 1,331 services in 2024, and Dr. Doerfler accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler's MIPS score?
Dr. Doerfler's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 99 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler see?
CMS counts 526 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Doerfler in 2024, with an average age of 77.
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What services does Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Doerfler's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17311), surgery: skin and soft tissue (12052) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17312).
What drugs does Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Doerfler's most prescribed drugs by claims were Doxycycline Hyclate, Cephalexin and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,329 in general payments to Dr. Doerfler from 10 companies from 2017 to 2024. The largest total came from Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.
How long has Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler been practicing?
Dr. Doerfler graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.
Does Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler do research?
Dmand AI links 8 publications to Dr. Doerfler, published from 2015 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Laura Buchanan Doerfler publish with?
Dr. Doerfler's most frequent co-authors are Christine Ahn, MD (2 shared papers), Steven Richard Feldman, MD (2 shared papers) and Wasim Haidari, MD (1 shared paper).
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