PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881623395

Bernard BuchananM.D., PHD

Internal MedicineOwensboro, KYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

18,171

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

112,432

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$867K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,039 Internal Medicine providers in KY — top quintile (cohort median 766).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

22,228

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.1M

Distinct drugs

213

Brand share

28.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium1,044 claims

Gabapentin584 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium563 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium558 claims

Losartan Potassium546 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$834

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Bernard Buchanan'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). 121 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
OWENSBORO HEALTH INC	826	3,713
HARRISON, WILLIAM	202	707
Bruce Burton Diagnostic Radiology · Owensboro, KY	142	498
Roshan Mathew Interventional Cardiology · Owensboro, KY	108	511
Jeffrey Jones Diagnostic Radiology · Louisville, KY	93	293
William Obryan Internal Medicine · Owensboro, KY	79	287
HAVELDA, CHRISTOPHER	72	334
Owensboro Health Medical Group, Inc Clinical Laboratory · Madisonville, KY	70	346
John Mulligan Diagnostic Radiology · Owensboro, KY	70	208
Gayl Reader Cardiology · Greenville, KY	69	266
Lior Shamai Interventional Cardiology · Tulsa, OK	66	285
Kenneth Canant Emergency Medicine · Owensboro, KY	65	199

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history