PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598781478

David BuchalterMD

PRACTICESOUTH PALM ORTHOPEDICS P ASee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryDelray Beach, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,996

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,490

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$262K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,417 Orthopedic Surgery providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 1,874).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

657

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Celecoxib203 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen113 claims

Methylprednisolone58 claims

Tramadol Hcl53 claims

Amoxicillin47 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

2.7

Cost

63.3

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$158

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

Travel and Lodging$158

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Buchalter'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). 37 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	221	651
Steve Meadows Hand Surgery · Delray Beach, FL	133	758
Lucas Evans Physician Assistant · Delray Beach, FL	76	310
Brian Coleman Orthopedic Surgery · Delray Beach, FL	69	227
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	54	199
Zhijie Yan Pathology · Birmingham, AL	42	168
Richard Martello Diagnostic Radiology · Delray Beach, FL	42	133
ETAIROS CARE AT HOME INC	41	145
DMC IMAGING LLC	29	80
BETHESDA HOSPITAL, INC.	27	64
Atlantic Palm Beach Ambulance Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Lake Worth, FL	26	161
Bruce Berenson Internal Medicine · Delray Beach, FL	23	97

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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