PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1790947901

Christopher BucklesD.O.

PRACTICEST. CLOUD VAMCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineSaint Cloud, MNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

252

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,334

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$14K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,849 Internal Medicine providers in MN — top quintile (cohort median 405).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

738

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$17K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

11.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium87 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium81 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium57 claims

Lisinopril54 claims

Omeprazole48 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.8

Quality

78.8

Cost

84.2

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.50%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$124

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$124

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Buckles'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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
EASTRIDGE MEDICAL LABORATORY INC	131	295
HEARTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	115	553
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	38	56
Randy Buckles Family Practice · Saint Joseph, MO	31	84
Deborah Uplinger Nurse Practitioner · Saint Joseph, MO	20	30
Paul Isenbarger Diagnostic Radiology · Honolulu, HI	16	33
David Mena Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Joseph, MO	15	51
Mark Lierz Urology · Saint Joseph, MO	12	32
Brandon Massin Diagnostic Radiology · Eden Prairie, MN	12	44
Jose Alvarez Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Joseph, MO	12	32
Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority Ambulance Service Provider · Saint Joseph, MO	12	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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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