What is Bernard Buchanan's specialty?

Bernard Buchanan (NPI 1881623395) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Owensboro, KY.

Where does Bernard Buchanan practice?

Bernard Buchanan practices in Owensboro, KY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1881623395.

How much does Medicare pay Bernard Buchanan?

Bernard Buchanan (NPI 1881623395) received approximately $871K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,635 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

Top paying entities

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.

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