What is Laura Buchanan's specialty?

Laura Buchanan (NPI 1609073923) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Baltimore, MD.

Where does Laura Buchanan practice?

Laura Buchanan practices in Baltimore, MD, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609073923.

How much does Medicare pay Laura Buchanan?

Laura Buchanan (NPI 1609073923) received approximately $31K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 150 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609073923

Laura BuchananM.D.

PRACTICEUNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDSee all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryBaltimore, MDI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

143

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

269

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$20K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 392 General Surgery providers in MD — below median (cohort median 348).

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

$19

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$19

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$19

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Laura 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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER, LLC	207	516
Krystal Archer-Arroyo Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Washington, MD	50	266
Charles White Diagnostic Radiology · Baltimore, MD	47	259
Jose Diaz General Surgery · Tampa, FL	46	189
Jeffrey Galvin Diagnostic Radiology · Baltimore, MD	41	195
TRANSCARE MARYLAND, INC.	40	88
NPI 1336133040	38	150
LAUERMAN, MARGARET	32	157
Mayur Narayan General Surgery · Baltimore, MD	31	111
SHACKELFORD, STACY	30	159
Jason Pasley General Surgery · West Hollywood, CA	28	148
Stephen Shorofsky Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Baltimore, MD	27	46

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.

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