What is Donald Budenz's specialty?

Donald Budenz (NPI 1063455749) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Chapel Hill, NC.

Where does Donald Budenz practice?

Donald Budenz practices in Chapel Hill, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1063455749.

How much does Medicare pay Donald Budenz?

Donald Budenz (NPI 1063455749) received approximately $48K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 172 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1063455749

Donald BudenzMD

OphthalmologyChapel Hill, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

402

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

488

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$46K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 512 Ophthalmology providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,093).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,404

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$48K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

14.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate394 claims

Latanoprost312 claims

Ofloxacin183 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat158 claims

Ketorolac Tromethamine133 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Donald Budenz's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 0 inbound referrers · 6 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
DLP PERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LLC	57	266
Lawrence Hunter Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Spartanburg, SC	39	149
Kimberly Diaz Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Cincinnati, OH	27	83
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	24	43
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS AT CHAPEL HILL	20	66
Taineisha Bolden Family Practice · Durham, NC	12	64

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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