Dr. Daniel M. Cotter, MD

Dr. Cotter practices at Buffalo Ambulatory Surgery Center in Cheektowaga, New York.

Dr. Cotter's NPI, 1003018102, was assigned on June 1, 2007. Dr. Cotter graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Cotter holds New York license 233935.

Dr. Cotter's primary practice is Buffalo Ambulatory Surgery Center, at 3095 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga, NY 14225. The practice phone is (716) 896-3815.

Dr. Cotter's primary practice is Buffalo Ambulatory Surgery Center in Cheektowaga, New York. The medical group on file is Albany Med EmUrgentCare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cotter to 3 more group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cotter practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Ophthalmology is Dr. Cotter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Cotter is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Cotter's licenses on file in 2 states: New York and California.

CMS data shows 1,596 Medicare services from Dr. Cotter across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 677 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $124,775 for them.

CMS counts 677 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cotter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 311 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. 36% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.28, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cotter's median patient age at 72, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cotter wrote 4,682 Medicare Part D claims for 1,022 patients. 50% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,576 of them, across 39 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $953,959 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,044 claims across 42 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Cotter for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Cotter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 265 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Cotter, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links Dr. Cotter to 10 clinical trials, 4 of them phase 2 studies. 9 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Adenocarcinoma of Lung, Biliary Atresia and Low Back Pain.

CMS Open Payments shows 333 general payments to Dr. Cotter from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 80% of the total. Baxter Healthcare paid the most, $39,645.

Dr. Cotter graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 2003.