What is Richard Buch's specialty?

Richard Buch (NPI 1871596957) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Carrollton, TX.

Where does Richard Buch practice?

Richard Buch practices in Carrollton, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1871596957.

How much does Medicare pay Richard Buch?

Richard Buch (NPI 1871596957) received approximately $332K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 156 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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 · 2025

Total received

$6K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$2K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$2K

Travel and Lodging$2K

Food and Beverage$2K

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

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