PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1932262516

Howard BuschD.O.

RheumatologyLoxahatchee, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,031

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

41,860

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$479K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 351 Rheumatology providers in FL — above median (cohort median 20,723).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,114

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$6.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

42.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin132 claims

Methylprednisolone92 claims

Tocilizumab85 claims

Belimumab81 claims

Abatacept/Maltose79 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$74K

Payment records

261

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$48K

Honoraria$10K

Travel and Lodging$7K

Food and Beverage$6K

Consulting Fee$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Howard Busch'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
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER, INC.	119	555
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Tampa, FL	82	222
CRESCENDO BIOSCIENCE, INC	80	162
Keivan Dehghanpisheh Rheumatology · Loxahatchee, FL	30	129
MARTIN MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	27	156
Mary Jane Strandberg Nurse Practitioner · Jupiter, FL	21	42
Exagen Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Vista, CA	20	54
PALM BEACH GARDENS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	16	46
Kenneth Fuquay Internal Medicine · Jupiter, FL	15	59
Florida Clinical Laboratory, Inc Clinical Laboratory · Melbourne, FL	15	41
JFK MEDICAL CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	12	19
Craig Vogel Cardiology · Jupiter, FL	11	44

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