PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518908896

Russell BuchananM.D.

NeurosurgeryWaterloo, IAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

330

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

368

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$83K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 35 Neurosurgery providers in IA — above median (cohort median 444).

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 · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$3K

Food and Beverage$184

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Russell Buchanan'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). 21 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION	181	1,104
David Kabel Cardiology · Cedar Falls, IA	52	179
SURNEDI, MURALI	36	118
WAVERLY HEALTH CENTER	34	121
LIEBSCHER, LAWRENCE	26	73
Frank Hawkins Interventional Pain Management · Waterloo, IA	25	113
RAECKER, GREG	22	53
Gerald Wait General Practice · Rhinelander, WI	21	167
Zachary Washburn Diagnostic Radiology · Scottsdale, AZ	20	38
Ameer Almullahassani Neurology · Fairfield, CA	20	38
Charles Heggen Diagnostic Radiology · Clive, IA	18	52
Pratibha Dua Internal Medicine · Waterloo, IA	15	53

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history