What is Mark Buchfuhrer's specialty?

Mark Buchfuhrer (NPI 1639130693) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Downey, CA.

Where does Mark Buchfuhrer practice?

Mark Buchfuhrer practices in Downey, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1639130693.

How much does Medicare pay Mark Buchfuhrer?

Mark Buchfuhrer (NPI 1639130693) received approximately $124K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 574 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1639130693

Mark BuchfuhrerMD

Pulmonary DiseaseDowney, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,491

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,747

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$124K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 901 Pulmonary Disease providers in CA — above median (cohort median 927).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,912

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.8M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

42.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter811 claims

Methadone Hcl475 claims

Fluticasone Propionate323 claims

Gabapentin274 claims

Buprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl242 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.5

Quality

87.1

Cost

69.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.57%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$23K

Payment records

128

By payment type

Consulting Fee$14K

Honoraria$5K

Food and Beverage$3K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Education$189

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$14K

Honoraria$5K

Food and Beverage$3K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Education$189

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mark Buchfuhrer'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). 13 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	127	324
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	84	270
BARRETT, IVAN	34	91
SLEEPMED OF CALIFORNIA, INC.	29	46
NPI 1487764262	23	38
Ezra Fraser Diagnostic Radiology · Hermosa Beach, CA	15	31
Thomas Choi Ophthalmology · Downey, CA	15	30
Michael Hovsepian Diagnostic Radiology · Glenwood Springs, CO	14	22
William Sim Internal Medicine · Downey, CA	14	37
PIH HEALTH WHITTIER HOSPITAL	14	29
Laurel Zober Dermatology · Downey, CA	14	31
WOHLMUTH, DAVID	13	37

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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