What is Richard Bucholz's specialty?

Richard Bucholz (NPI 1457455677) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurosurgery in Saint Louis, MO.

Where does Richard Bucholz practice?

Richard Bucholz practices in Saint Louis, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1457455677.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Bucholz?

Richard Bucholz (NPI 1457455677) received approximately $35K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 47 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1457455677

Richard BucholzMD

PRACTICESSM-SLUH INCSee all providers at this practice →

NeurosurgerySaint Louis, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$8K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 118 Neurosurgery providers in MO — bottom quintile (cohort median 379).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

68.5

Cost

72.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$17

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$17

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$17

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Bucholz'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). 10 inbound referrers · 18 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Yihua Zhou Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	53	160
Vilaas Shetty Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	41	186
Martin Reis Nuclear Medicine · Saint Louis, MO	36	105
GARRETT, ROBERT	25	98
Scott Ferreira Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Springfield, MO	22	60
MEHDIRAD, ALI	20	70
Pratap Chand Neurology · Saint Louis, MO	16	53
Nadeem Parkar Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	15	64
GRISHABER, JUDY	14	72
Abhay Kumar Critical Care (Intensivists) · Houston, TX	11	101

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
SLH VISTA, INC.	116	506
Yihua Zhou Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	27	108
John Dombrowski Radiation Oncology · Saint Louis, MO	25	325
Vilaas Shetty Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	23	89
Cary Stolar Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	22	150
Ece Akduman Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	22	142
GATEWAY AMBULANCE SERVICE LLC	19	44
Stephen Huebner Diagnostic Radiology · St. Louis, MO	18	46
Martin Reis Nuclear Medicine · Saint Louis, MO	16	70
Robert Levitt Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	16	90
GARRETT, ROBERT	15	112
Christina Doherty Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	15	82

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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