PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922206168

Kevin-Steven BufordMD

PRACTICELOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYSee all providers at this practice →

Emergency MedicineNew Orleans, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

150

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

156

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$15K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 809 Emergency Medicine providers in LA — below median (cohort median 274).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

355

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisone59 claims

Famotidine50 claims

Baclofen37 claims

Meloxicam32 claims

Ibuprofen30 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kevin-Steven Buford'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). 4 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Eric Patrick Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LA	15	31
Kathleen Jones Emergency Medicine · New Orleans, LA	14	101
Jameel Ahmed Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Boston, MA	13	29
UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.C.	12	41

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