PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1366603391

Leon BuffaloeM.D.

PRACTICERICHARD C ZATCOFF DPMSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineSimpsonville, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,673

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,570

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$103K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,190 Internal Medicine providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 884).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,444

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$529K

Distinct drugs

111

Brand share

23.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Amlodipine Besylate444 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium399 claims

Losartan Potassium193 claims

Gabapentin187 claims

Hydrochlorothiazide182 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Leon Buffaloe'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). 8 inbound referrers · 11 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM	72	253
SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	23	68
Samuel Montgomery Ophthalmology · Clinton, SC	18	44
Jerett Tozzi Emergency Medicine · Greenville, SC	14	55
ALLEGA, ROHN	13	33
HUSSAIN, AKHTAR	13	25
Paul Moore Emergency Medicine · Fountain Inn, SC	12	28
Randall Reinhardt Emergency Medicine · Clinton, SC	11	53

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM	179	748
GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM	174	775
GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM	54	204
John Gilpin Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, SC	50	161
SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	20	79
Lewis Gilpin Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, SC	19	48
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	19	68
GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM	19	72
Samuel Montgomery Ophthalmology · Clinton, SC	14	46
Charles Hood Diagnostic Radiology · Greenville, SC	13	37
HUSSAIN, AKHTAR	11	31

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history