PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1871596957

Richard BuchM.D.

Orthopedic SurgeryCarrollton, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

490

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,557

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$40K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,568 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,443).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,680

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$20K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

20.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Nabumetone317 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen233 claims

Diclofenac Sodium171 claims

Meloxicam146 claims

Cyclobenzaprine Hcl119 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$250

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$250

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Richard Buch'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
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	41	172
Ephraim Keng Internal Medicine · Dallas, TX	29	174
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	28	78
PREWITT, RACHEL	25	93
Benjamin Kim Pain Management · Dallas, TX	25	67
Ketan Patel Obstetrics & Gynecology · Carrollton, TX	25	147
Anirban Sensarma Diagnostic Radiology · Fort Worth, TX	23	76
Cd Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Baltimore, MD	20	55
Victor Hakim Orthopedic Surgery · Ypsilanti, MI	19	59
Dhiraj Kotwal Infectious Disease · Frisco, TX	18	75
Saumil Mehta Internal Medicine · Plano, TX	16	81
James Ken Diagnostic Radiology · Plano, TX	12	33

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

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history