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Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad, MD
NPI1477530251PAC ID1456486414
- Medicare services, 2024
- 45
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 73
- Part D claims, 2024
- 83
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 89
- Practice address
- 14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023
- Practice phone
- Call (720) 627-0000
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad is a general surgeon in Westminster, Colorado
Dr. Buzad practices at CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado, part of CommonSpirit Health.
Dr. Buzad's NPI, 1477530251, was assigned on December 22, 2005. Dr. Buzad graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Buzad holds Texas license K7427.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1477530251NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1456486414
- NPI enumeration date
- December 22, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (720) 627-0000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 58
- Medical school graduation
- 1994
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad practices at CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado
Dr. Buzad's primary practice is CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital, at 14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023 in Broomfield County. The practice phone is (720) 627-0000.
- CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023 · Broomfield CountyPhone(720) 627-0000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Buzad's primary practice is CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Buzad is also affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital. The medical group on file is Intermountain Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buzad to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Buzad practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad is one of 504 general surgeons in Colorado
Surgery is Dr. Buzad's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Buzad is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Buzad's licenses on file in 4 states: Texas, California, Oregon and Colorado.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, TexasPrimary
- California license
- Oregon license
- Colorado license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, cancerous skin growth removal, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery, gallbladder removal, groin hernia surgery and hemorrhoids among the conditions Dr. Buzad treats.
General surgeons near Dr. Buzad
Counts of general surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
504general surgeons in Colorado
9general surgeons in Westminster
8general surgeons at CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North HospitalSources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad billed Medicare for 45 services in 2024
CMS data shows 45 Medicare services from Dr. Buzad across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 73 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,587 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 202445
Medicare patients73
Paid by Medicare$3,587
Procedure codes1
Dr. Buzad's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 862024: 4548%
Dr. Buzad compared with the Colorado median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Buzad
- Colorado median
- Medicare services
- 45vs 10959% below
- Medicare patients
- 73vs 10430% below
- Part D claims
- 59vs 3190% above
Medians across 491 general surgeons in Colorado with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Buzad'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. Francis Anthony Buzad treated 73 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 73 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buzad in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 42 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 71% have high blood pressure. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.14, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Buzad's median patient age at 60, with 46% women.
Medicare patients, 202473
Average age72
Average risk score1.14
Also on Medicaid19%
Dr. Buzad's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Buzad's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women2838%
- Men4562%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Buzad's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure71%
- Arthritis45%
- Chronic kidney disease25%
- Ischemic heart disease25%
- Atrial fibrillation23%
- Diabetes23%
- Cancer22%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Buzad's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 60
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women46%
- Men53%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad wrote 83 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Buzad wrote 83 Medicare Part D claims for 67 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 59 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $257 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 43 claims across 1 drug.
Part D claims, 202483
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$257
Part D patients67
Dr. Buzad'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.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Buzad's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids83%69 of 83 claims
- Antibiotics16%13 of 83 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 432024: 5937%
Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 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. Francis Anthony Buzad scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Buzad for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Buzad accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Buzad's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 89of 100Final score
- 89.5of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 74of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Buzad in 2013. Dr. Buzad's most frequent co-author is Louis Meraux Corne, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Buzad's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Buzad
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad received $408,621 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 436 general payments to Dr. Buzad from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $399,429.
General payments to Dr. Buzad by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Buzad by kind, 2016 to 2025
$408.6Kin total
- Education$346,37685%
- Travel and lodging$22,3645%
- Food and beverage$20,0325%
- Speaker and faculty fees$19,8505%
Companies that paid Dr. Buzad the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad has 2 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Buzad, most recently ACS Fellow in 2011.
Awards and honors for Dr. Buzad
- 2011
- ACS Fellow
- Undated
- CMS Stage 1 2012
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Dr. Buzad graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Buzad is a member of ACS.
- Medical school
- Board certified in surgery
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers
Dr. Buzad is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Cigna and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Cigna
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Alliant Health Plans
- Aspirus Health Plan
- +10 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Buzad accepts, by number of carriers
- HMO11
- PPO10
- Medicare6
- POS6
- EPO4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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. Francis Anthony Buzad's NPI number?
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad's NPI number is 1477530251. It was assigned on December 22, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad?
Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad is a general surgeon in Westminster, Colorado. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad practice?
Dr. Buzad practices at 14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023. Dr. Buzad's primary practice is CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buzad to 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Buzad is (720) 627-0000.
What is Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad's medical license number?
Dr. Buzad holds Texas license K7427, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.
Which states has Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Buzad in Texas (1999 to 2027), California (since 2001), Oregon (since 1999) and Colorado (2023 to 2027).
Which hospitals is Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad affiliated with?
Dr. Buzad practices at CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado. Dr. Buzad is also affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad part of?
Dr. Buzad is linked to Intermountain Health.
Does Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Buzad billed Medicare for 45 services in 2024, and Dr. Buzad accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad's MIPS score?
Dr. Buzad's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad see?
CMS counts 73 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buzad in 2024, with an average age of 72.
Is Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad board certified?
Yes. Dr. Buzad is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
What services does Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Buzad's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99203).
Where did Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad go to medical school?
Dr. Buzad graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1994.
What drugs does Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Buzad's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $408,621 in general payments to Dr. Buzad from 15 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad been practicing?
Dr. Buzad graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.
Does Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Buzad.
Who does Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad publish with?
Dr. Buzad's most frequent co-authors are Louis Meraux Corne, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Francis Anthony Buzad accept?
Dr. Buzad is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Cigna and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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