What is Sam Buffer's specialty?

Sam Buffer (NPI 1699747634) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Pittsburgh, PA.

Where does Sam Buffer practice?

Sam Buffer practices in Pittsburgh, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1699747634.

How much does Medicare pay Sam Buffer?

Sam Buffer (NPI 1699747634) received approximately $58K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 850 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699747634

Sam BufferM.D.

CardiologyPittsburgh, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

930

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,120

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$55K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,062 Cardiology providers in PA — below median (cohort median 1,995).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

11,737

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.3M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban995 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium971 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium969 claims

Metoprolol Tartrate716 claims

Metoprolol Succinate698 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

80.9

Quality

61.9

Cost

74.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.25%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$18

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$18

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$18

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sam Buffer'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). 51 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UPMC PASSAVANT	411	2,153
Raucheline Akindele Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	64	156
Ubaid Akhtar Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	59	160
Balasubramanya Rangaswamy Diagnostic Radiology · Cleveland, OH	49	117
Santosh Pandit Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PA	35	91
Lance Williams Diagnostic Radiology · Lubbock, TX	34	76
Sivasubramaniam Kedarnath Cardiology · Franklin, PA	29	90
Mccandless-Franklin Park Ambulance Authority Ambulance Service Provider · Wexford, PA	27	53
BUTLER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS	27	219
Evan Adelstein Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Albany, NY	25	105
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC.	25	92
Chandrasekhara Durgampudi Hospitalist · Houston, TX	25	90

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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