PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518217199

Christina BuffingtonMSOTR/L

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Occupational Therapist in Private PracticeDurham, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

154

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 334 Occupational Therapist in Private Practice providers in NC — bottom quintile (cohort median 917).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.1

Quality

85.9

Cost

77.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.59%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christina 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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
EDWARDS, GEORGE	14	84
James Post Orthopedic Surgery · Raleigh, NC	13	40
Jo Cullingford Occupational Therapist in Private Practice · Raleigh, NC	13	40

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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

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