What is Denise Buffington's specialty?

Denise Buffington (NPI 1124323894) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Nashville, TN.

Where does Denise Buffington practice?

Denise Buffington practices in Nashville, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1124323894.

How much does Medicare pay Denise Buffington?

Denise Buffington (NPI 1124323894) received approximately $6K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 88 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1124323894

Denise Buffington

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)Nashville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,210 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) providers in TN — below median (cohort median 110).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$47

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$47

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$47

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Denise Buffington'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). 1 inbound referrers · 2 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	54	92

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	72	143
Stephen Harvey Anesthesiology · Nashville, TN	14	17

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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