Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $7,757 | 21 | 92.1% |
| Food and Beverage | $662.65 | 10 | 7.9% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $8,216 | 25 | $0 (2021) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $117.28 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $51.39 | 3 | $0 (2018) |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $35.12 | 2 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $5,628 | 15 | Stryker Corporation ($5,628) |
| 2020 | $19.17 | 1 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ($19.17) |
| 2019 | $1,920 | 7 | Stryker Corporation ($1,787) |
| 2018 | $652.50 | 5 | Stryker Corporation ($638.86) |
| 2017 | $199.95 | 3 | Stryker Corporation ($162.20) |
All Payment Transactions
31 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2021 | Stryker Corporation | TRIATHLON (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $336.11 | General |
| Category: KNEES | ||||||
| 11/24/2021 | Stryker Corporation | TRIATHLON (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $139.72 | General |
| Category: KNEES | ||||||
| 11/24/2021 | Stryker Corporation | TRIATHLON (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $139.72 | General |
| Category: KNEES | ||||||
| 11/24/2021 | Stryker Corporation | TRIATHLON (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $97.09 | General |
| Category: KNEES | ||||||
| 11/23/2021 | Stryker Corporation | TRIATHLON (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $86.79 | General |
| Category: KNEES | ||||||
| 11/19/2021 | Stryker Corporation | TRIATHLON (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $93.50 | General |
| Category: KNEES | ||||||
| 11/05/2021 | Stryker Corporation | TRIATHLON (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,008.68 | General |
| Category: KNEES | ||||||
| 10/07/2021 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $173.70 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 10/07/2021 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $151.10 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 04/05/2021 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $171.17 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 04/05/2021 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $159.77 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 04/05/2021 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $98.63 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 04/04/2021 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $118.21 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 04/04/2021 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $88.33 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 03/31/2021 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,765.60 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 08/18/2020 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | MONOVISC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.17 | General |
| Category: Sports Early Intervention | ||||||
| 12/13/2019 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $169.53 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/13/2019 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $97.72 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/12/2019 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,210.07 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/12/2019 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $189.18 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 12/12/2019 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $120.35 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
| 11/08/2019 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | G7 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $117.28 | General |
| Category: Hips | ||||||
| 04/23/2019 | DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | ORTHOVISC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.95 | General |
| Category: Sports Early Intervention | ||||||
| 10/02/2018 | Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | EUFLEXXA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.64 | General |
| Category: ORTHOPEDICS | ||||||
| 05/18/2018 | Stryker Corporation | MAKO (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $67.46 | General |
| Category: KNEES, HIPS | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 51 | 72 | $14,123 | $4,662 |
| 2020 | 2 | 58 | 100 | $16,356 | $6,002 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
4 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Office | 2021 | 33 | 47 | $9,648 | $3,239 | 33.6% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule | Office | 2021 | 18 | 25 | $4,475 | $1,423 | 31.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Office | 2020 | 38 | 64 | $10,481 | $3,823 | 36.5% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule | Office | 2020 | 20 | 36 | $5,875 | $2,179 | 37.1% |
About Dr. Frederick Buechel, MD
Dr. Frederick Buechel, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in South Orange, New Jersey. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/24/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1770538894.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Frederick Buechel, MD has received a total of $8,420 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $5,628 received in 2021. These payments were reported across 31 transactions from 4 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($7,757).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Buechel has provided services to 109 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 172 services with total Medicare billing of $10,664. Data is available for 2 years (2020–2021), covering 4 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Location South Orange, NJ
- Active Since 05/24/2006
- Last Updated 06/24/2010
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1770538894
Products in Payments
- MAKO (Device) $6,152
- TRIATHLON (Device) $1,902
- Mako (Device) $162.20
- G7 (Device) $117.28
- EUFLEXXA (Device) $51.39
- MONOVISC (Device) $19.17
- ORTHOVISC (Device) $15.95
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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