What is Christina Buffington's specialty?

Christina Buffington (NPI 1518217199) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Occupational Therapist in Private Practice in Durham, NC.

Where does Christina Buffington practice?

Christina Buffington practices in Durham, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518217199.

How much does Medicare pay Christina Buffington?

Christina Buffington (NPI 1518217199) received approximately $4K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 29 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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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