Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer, DO
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,402
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 204
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,941
- Publications
- 1
- Industry payments
- $308,454
- Practice address
- 11480 Brookshire Ave Ste 108, Downey, CA 90241-5020
- Practice phone
- Call (562) 459-4000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
JB Arthritis and Rheumatology Center
Physician office · Downey, California
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Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer is a rheumatologist in Downey, California
Dr. Buchfuhrer practices at JB Arthritis and Rheumatology Center in Downey, California.
Dr. Buchfuhrer's NPI, 1093179319, was assigned on April 12, 2016. Dr. Buchfuhrer graduated from WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2016. Dr. Buchfuhrer's California license number on file is 20A15806.
- NPI
- 1093179319NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1557635695
- NPI enumeration date
- April 12, 2016
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (562) 459-4000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 36
- Medical school graduation
- 2016
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer practices at JB Arthritis and Rheumatology Center in Downey, California
Dr. Buchfuhrer's primary practice is JB Arthritis and Rheumatology Center, at 11480 Brookshire Ave Ste 108, Downey, CA 90241-5020. The practice phone is (562) 459-4000.
- JB Arthritis and Rheumatology Center11480 Brookshire Ave Ste 108, Downey, CA 90241-5020Phone(562) 459-4000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Buchfuhrer's primary practice is JB Arthritis and Rheumatology Center in Downey, California. The medical group on file is MemorialCare Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buchfuhrer to 1 more home health agency, named with a free account.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Buchfuhrer practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| JB Arthritis and Rheumatology Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer is one of 821 rheumatologists in California
Rheumatology is Dr. Buchfuhrer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Buchfuhrer is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Buchfuhrer's licenses on file in 3 states: California, North Dakota and Arizona.
Specialties and state licenses
- Rheumatology, CaliforniaPrimary
- North Dakota license
- Arizona license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, fluid in a joint, gout, joint arthropathy, joint cyst and joint pain among the conditions Dr. Buchfuhrer treats.
Rheumatologists near Dr. Buchfuhrer
Counts of rheumatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer billed Medicare for 1,402 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,402 Medicare services from Dr. Buchfuhrer across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 204 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $62,380 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Buchfuhrer's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 3992024: 56642%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3572024: 45728%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 224
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 512024: 10198%
- Surgery
- 2023: 472024: 5415%
Dr. Buchfuhrer compared with the California median for rheumatologists, 2024
- Dr. Buchfuhrer
- California median
- Medicare services
- 1,402vs 90056% above
- Medicare patients
- 204vs 2166% below
- Part D claims
- 1,707vs 96277% above
Medians across 773 rheumatologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Buchfuhrer's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer treated 204 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 204 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buchfuhrer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 96 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 57% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.68, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Buchfuhrer's median patient age at 61, with 79% women.
Dr. Buchfuhrer's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Buchfuhrer's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women16882%
- Men3618%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Buchfuhrer's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes49%
- Osteoporosis35%
- Chronic kidney disease30%
- Mood disorders30%
- Anxiety28%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Buchfuhrer's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 61
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women79%
- Men20%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer wrote 1,941 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Buchfuhrer wrote 1,941 Medicare Part D claims for 387 patients. 64% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,707 of them, across 29 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,944,730 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,357 claims across 23 drugs.
Dr. Buchfuhrer's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,233 claims64%
- Brand-name and other708 claims36%
Dr. Buchfuhrer's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,3572024: 1,70726%
Drugs named by CMS: 29 in 2024, 23 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Buchfuhrer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Buchfuhrer as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Buchfuhrer in 2022. Dr. Buchfuhrer's most frequent co-authors are Edward Bedrick, MD, Natalie Marie Davis, MD and Fariba M. Donovan, MD.
Dr. Buchfuhrer's most frequent co-authors
- Edward Bedrick, MD1 shared paper
- Natalie Marie Davis, MD1 shared paper
- Fariba M. Donovan, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Buchfuhrer
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer received $308,454 in industry payments from 2019 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 1,320 general payments to Dr. Buchfuhrer from 39 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $184,488.
General payments to Dr. Buchfuhrer by program year, 2019 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Buchfuhrer by kind, 2019 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$223,02972%
- Travel and lodging$30,19310%
- Food and beverage$29,1379%
- Consulting fees$17,2246%
- Other$8,8713%
Companies that paid Dr. Buchfuhrer the most, 2019 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer has 2 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Buchfuhrer, most recently Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee in 2018.
Awards and honors for Dr. Buchfuhrer
- 2018
- Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee
- 2016
- Dean's List
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer graduated from WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Dr. Buchfuhrer graduated from WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2016. Dr. Buchfuhrer is a member of ACR.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in rheumatology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers
Dr. Buchfuhrer is in network with 13 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, United Healthcare and Aetna. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
- LA Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Humana
- +5 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Buchfuhrer accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare11
- PPO7
- HMO6
- POS3
- Medicaid2
- EPO1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer's NPI number?
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer's NPI number is 1093179319. It was assigned on April 12, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer?
Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer is a rheumatologist in Downey, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).
Where does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer practice?
Dr. Buchfuhrer practices at 11480 Brookshire Ave Ste 108, Downey, CA 90241-5020. Dr. Buchfuhrer's primary practice is JB Arthritis and Rheumatology Center in Downey, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buchfuhrer to 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Buchfuhrer is (562) 459-4000.
What is Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer's medical license number?
Dr. Buchfuhrer's California license number on file is 20A15806, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.
Which states has Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Buchfuhrer in California (2017 to 2025), North Dakota (2022 to 2023) and Arizona (2019 to 2021).
What medical group is Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer part of?
Dr. Buchfuhrer is linked to MemorialCare Medical Group.
Does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Buchfuhrer billed Medicare for 1,402 services in 2024, and Dr. Buchfuhrer accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Buchfuhrer as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer see?
CMS counts 204 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buchfuhrer in 2024, with an average age of 73.
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Is Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer board certified?
Yes. Dr. Buchfuhrer is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Buchfuhrer's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), office visit, established patient (99214) and medicare service (G2211).
Where did Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer go to medical school?
Dr. Buchfuhrer graduated from WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2016.
What drugs does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Buchfuhrer's most prescribed drugs by claims were Diclofenac Sodium, Methotrexate and Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate.
Has Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $308,454 in general payments to Dr. Buchfuhrer from 39 companies from 2019 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.
How long has Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer been practicing?
Dr. Buchfuhrer graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.
Does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Buchfuhrer.
Who does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer publish with?
Dr. Buchfuhrer's most frequent co-authors are Edward Bedrick, MD (1 shared paper), Natalie Marie Davis, MD (1 shared paper) and Fariba M. Donovan, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Julia Ellen Buchfuhrer accept?
Dr. Buchfuhrer is in network with 13 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, United Healthcare and Aetna. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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