PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1558558148

Howard BuchoffM.D.

PRACTICEHOWARD S BUCHOFF MD PASee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologyAltamonte Springs, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

890

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

250,450

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.1M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 351 Rheumatology providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 20,723).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,208

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.6M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone248 claims

Methotrexate Sodium190 claims

Tramadol Hcl136 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate67 claims

Etanercept49 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

60.2

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$15

Payment records

By payment type

Education$15

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Buchoff'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). 12 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	225	436
ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM-SUNBELT, INC	136	495
ORLANDO HEALTH, INC.	33	135
Teddrick Dunson Pain Management · Irving, TX	16	120
Babak Vakili Interventional Cardiology · Longwood, FL	16	95
Michael Henner Dermatology · Mount Dora, FL	14	36
Ralph Gousse Hematology-Oncology · Altamonte Springs, FL	13	46
Nandkishore Ranadive Interventional Cardiology · Altamonte Springs, FL	13	37
Christopher Wasyliw Diagnostic Radiology · Orlando, FL	13	43
Bruce Hoffen Neurology · Longwood, FL	13	35
Michael Gordon Internal Medicine · Apopka, FL	12	36
CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	12	20

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history