What is Susan Bukata's specialty?

Susan Bukata (NPI 1932140639) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Santa Monica, CA.

Where does Susan Bukata practice?

Susan Bukata practices in Santa Monica, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1932140639.

How much does Medicare pay Susan Bukata?

Susan Bukata (NPI 1932140639) received approximately $30K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 51 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1932140639

Susan BukataM.D.

Orthopedic SurgerySanta Monica, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$3K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,921 Orthopedic Surgery providers in CA — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,100).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.8

Quality

84.1

Cost

73.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$45K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$41K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Food and Beverage$759

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$41K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Food and Beverage$759

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Susan Bukata'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF CALIFORNIA	160	574
SEEGER, LEANNE	53	147
Benjamin Plotkin Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	41	144
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	33	102
Scott Nelson Pathology · Los Angeles, CA	17	43
Freda Hannafon Nurse Practitioner · Rochester, NY	12	28

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