What is Mary Buffington's specialty?

Mary Buffington (NPI 1942411863) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Shreveport, LA.

Where does Mary Buffington practice?

Mary Buffington practices in Shreveport, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1942411863.

How much does Medicare pay Mary Buffington?

Mary Buffington (NPI 1942411863) received approximately $36K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 134 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1942411863

Mary BuffingtonM.D.

PRACTICEBRFHH SHREVEPORT LLCSee all providers at this practice →

NephrologyShreveport, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

145

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

284

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$32K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 153 Nephrology providers in LA — bottom quintile (cohort median 787).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$8K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

13.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Sevelamer Carbonate17 claims

Calcium Acetate14 claims

Amlodipine Besylate13 claims

Gabapentin12 claims

Hydralazine Hcl12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$710

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$683

Education$28

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$683

Education$28

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Mary Buffington'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). 41 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	117	304
NPI 1023036951	107	256
Adrian Sequeira Nephrology · Shreveport, LA	82	265
REDDY, PRATAP	72	250
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF LOUISIANA, LLC	50	244
NALL, LINDA	48	124
City Of Shreveport Ambulance Service Provider · Shreveport, LA	40	108
Kalgi Modi Cardiology · Shreveport, LA	39	96
Neeraj Singh Nephrology · New Brunswick, NJ	33	83
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF LOUISIANA, LLC	29	67
Henock Zabher Cardiology · Decatur, TX	29	90
Paari Dominic Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Iowa City, IA	23	89

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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