What is Howard Busch's specialty?

Howard Busch (NPI 1932262516) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in Loxahatchee, FL.

Where does Howard Busch practice?

Howard Busch practices in Loxahatchee, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1932262516.

How much does Medicare pay Howard Busch?

Howard Busch (NPI 1932262516) received approximately $907K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 581 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

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

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$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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