Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 3,445
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 290
- Part D claims, 2024
- 701
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 3600 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006
- Practice phone
- Call (504) 309-6500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Crescent City Orthopedics
Metairie, Louisiana
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Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler is an orthopedic surgeon in Metairie, Louisiana
Dr. Buhler practices at Crescent City Orthopedics in Metairie, Louisiana.
Dr. Buhler's NPI, 1427362847, was assigned on July 27, 2010. Dr. Buhler graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2007. Dr. Buhler holds Louisiana license 205931.
- NPI
- 1427362847NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1456592013
- NPI enumeration date
- July 27, 2010
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (504) 309-6500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 45
- Medical school graduation
- 2007
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler practices at Crescent City Orthopedics in Metairie, Louisiana
Dr. Buhler's primary practice is Crescent City Orthopedics, at 3600 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006 in Jefferson Parish. The practice phone is (504) 309-6500.
- Crescent City Orthopedics3600 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006 · Jefferson ParishPhone(504) 309-6500
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Buhler's primary practice is Crescent City Orthopedics in Metairie, Louisiana. Dr. Buhler is also affiliated with East Jefferson General Hospital. The medical group on file is Southern Orthopaedic Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buhler to 2 more hospitals and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Buhler practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Crescent City Orthopedics | Available with a free account |
| +4 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler is one of 292 orthopedic surgeons in Louisiana
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Buhler's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Buhler's licenses on file in 2 states: Louisiana and Texas.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, LouisianaPrimary
- Texas license
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Buhler
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler billed Medicare for 3,445 services in 2024
CMS data shows 3,445 Medicare services from Dr. Buhler across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 290 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $82,616 for them.
Dr. Buhler's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1,7562024: 1,9109%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6592024: 6137%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1542024: 361134%
- Imaging
- 2023: 3202024: 3324%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2132024: 2298%
Where Dr. Buhler's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office3,433100%
- In a facility120%
Dr. Buhler compared with the Louisiana median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Buhler
- Louisiana median
- Medicare services
- 3,445vs 1,3322.6 times
- Medicare patients
- 290vs 25016% above
- Part D claims
- 647vs 2352.8 times
Medians across 292 orthopedic surgeons in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Buhler'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. Scott Anthony Buhler treated 290 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 290 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buhler in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 140 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.21, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Buhler's median patient age at 67, with 54% women.
Dr. Buhler's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Buhler's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women18162%
- Men10938%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Buhler's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes31%
- Anxiety28%
- Mood disorders24%
- Depression23%
- Ischemic heart disease23%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Buhler's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 67
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women54%
- Men46%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler wrote 701 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Buhler wrote 701 Medicare Part D claims for 233 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 647 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,906 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 605 claims across 12 drugs.
Dr. Buhler's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic700 claims100%
- Brand-name and other1 claims0%
Dr. Buhler'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. Buhler's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids41%289 of 701 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: 6052024: 6477%
Drugs named by CMS: 15 in 2024, 12 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. Scott Anthony Buhler scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Buhler for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Buhler accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 18 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Buhler, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Where Dr. Buhler ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
- 60th percentile18 procedures
- Knee replacement
- 37th percentile11 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 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. Scott Anthony Buhler received $6,647 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 99 general payments to Dr. Buhler from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 45% of the total. Quest Medical LLC paid the most, $2,164.
General payments to Dr. Buhler by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Buhler by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$2,99645%
- Travel and lodging$2,13132%
- Education$1,52023%
Companies that paid Dr. Buhler 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. Scott Anthony Buhler graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Dr. Buhler graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2007.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler's NPI number?
Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler's NPI number is 1427362847. It was assigned on July 27, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler?
Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler is an orthopedic surgeon in Metairie, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler practice?
Dr. Buhler practices at 3600 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006. Dr. Buhler's primary practice is Crescent City Orthopedics in Metairie, Louisiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buhler to 2 hospitals and 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Buhler is (504) 309-6500.
What is Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler's medical license number?
Dr. Buhler holds Louisiana license 205931, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Buhler in Louisiana and Texas.
Which hospitals is Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler affiliated with?
Dr. Buhler is affiliated with East Jefferson General Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Buhler to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler part of?
Dr. Buhler is linked to Southern Orthopaedic Specialists.
Does Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Buhler billed Medicare for 3,445 services in 2024, and Dr. Buhler accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler's MIPS score?
Dr. Buhler's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler see?
CMS counts 290 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buhler in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Buhler's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J7325), injected or infused drug (J3301) and office visit, established patient (99213).
Where did Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler go to medical school?
Dr. Buhler graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2007.
What drugs does Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Buhler's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen.
Has Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $6,647 in general payments to Dr. Buhler from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Quest Medical LLC.
How long has Dr. Scott Anthony Buhler been practicing?
Dr. Buhler graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.
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