Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeBlood Loss, SurgicalPostoperative Complications
Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr., MD
NPI1619917408PAC ID4385731488
- Medicare services, 2024
- 430
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 139
- Part D claims, 2024
- 380
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 93
- Practice address
- 100 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10075
- Practice phone
- Call (212) 434-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. is an orthopedic surgeon in New York, New York
Dr. Buechel practices at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, New York, part of Northwell Health.
Dr. Buechel's NPI, 1619917408, was assigned on June 8, 2006. Dr. Buechel graduated from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 1995. Dr. Buechel holds New York license 281137.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1619917408NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4385731488
- NPI enumeration date
- June 8, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (212) 434-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 57
- Medical school graduation
- 1995
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. practices at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, New York
Dr. Buechel's primary practice is Lenox Hill Hospital, at 100 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10075 in New York County. The practice phone is (212) 434-2000.
- Lenox Hill Hospital100 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10075 · New York CountyPhone(212) 434-2000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Buechel's primary practice is Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, New York, part of Northwell Health. Dr. Buechel is also affiliated with Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge. The medical group on file is Northwell Health Physician Partners Cardiology at Great Neck. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buechel to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine RidgeNorthwell Health Physician Partners Cardiology at Great Neck1 group practice or clinicName with a free account1 medical groupName with a free account
See all 5 affiliations for Dr. BuechelSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr.'s practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Buechel practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Lenox Hill Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. is one of 1,151 orthopedic surgeons in New York
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Buechel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Buechel is licensed in New York.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, New YorkPrimary
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Buechel
Counts of orthopedic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
1,151orthopedic surgeons in New York245orthopedic surgeons in New York2orthopedic surgeons at Lenox Hill Hospital
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. billed Medicare for 430 services in 2024
CMS data shows 430 Medicare services from Dr. Buechel across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 139 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $86,921 for them.
Medicare services, 2024430
Medicare patients139
Paid by Medicare$86,921
Procedure codes12
Dr. Buechel's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1332024: 24685%
- Surgery
- 2023: 342024: 72112%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 02024: 49
- Imaging
- 2023: 142024: 35150%
- Other services
- 2023: 152024: 2887%
Where Dr. Buechel's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office38790%
- In a facility4310%
Dr. Buechel compared with the New York median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Buechel
- New York median
- Medicare services
- 430vs 72641% below
- Medicare patients
- 139vs 23641% below
- Part D claims
- 297vs 734.1 times
Medians across 1,081 orthopedic surgeons in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Buechel'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. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. treated 139 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 139 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buechel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 69 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.86, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Buechel's median patient age at 73, with 53% women.
Medicare patients, 2024139
Average age75
Average risk score0.86
Dr. Buechel's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Buechel's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women8058%
- Men5942%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Buechel's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure60%
- Ischemic heart disease32%
- Diabetes29%
- Anxiety25%
- Osteoporosis24%
- Cancer17%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Buechel's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women53%
- Men45%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. wrote 380 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Buechel wrote 380 Medicare Part D claims for 78 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 297 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,415 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 163 claims across 5 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024380
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$3,415
Part D patients78
Dr. Buechel's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic376 claims99%
- Brand-name and other4 claims1%
Dr. Buechel'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. Buechel's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids26%100 of 380 claims
- Antibiotics34%131 of 380 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: 1632024: 29782%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 5 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. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Buechel for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Buechel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Buechel as offering telehealth. CMS counts 18 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Buechel, more than 50% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Buechel's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 93of 100Final score
- 79.8of 100Quality
- 89of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Buechel ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Knee replacement
- 50th percentile18 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)
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. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Buechel in 2020.
Papers1
Recent publications by Dr. Buechel
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. received $422,792 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 224 general payments to Dr. Buechel from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 82% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $421,592.
General payments to Dr. Buechel by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Buechel by kind, 2016 to 2025
$422.8Kin total
- Consulting fees$346,80482%
- Travel and lodging$71,29717%
- Food and beverage$3,4911%
- Education$1,2000%
Companies that paid Dr. Buechel 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. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. graduated from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Dr. Buechel graduated from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 1995.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr.'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) |
| 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. Frederick F. Buechel Jr.'s NPI number?
Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr.'s NPI number is 1619917408. It was assigned on June 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr.?
Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. is an orthopedic surgeon in New York, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. practice?
Dr. Buechel practices at 100 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10075. Dr. Buechel's primary practice is Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, New York, part of Northwell Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buechel to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr.'s office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Buechel is (212) 434-2000.
What is Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr.'s medical license number?
Dr. Buechel holds New York license 281137.
Which hospitals is Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. affiliated with?
Dr. Buechel practices at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, New York. Dr. Buechel is also affiliated with Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge.
What medical group is Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. part of?
Dr. Buechel is linked to Northwell Health Physician Partners Cardiology at Great Neck. Dmand AI links Dr. Buechel to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Buechel billed Medicare for 430 services in 2024, and Dr. Buechel accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Buechel as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr.'s MIPS score?
Dr. Buechel's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. see?
CMS counts 139 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buechel in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Buechel's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), office visit, established patient (99213) and injected or infused drug (J0702).
Where did Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. go to medical school?
Dr. Buechel graduated from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 1995.
What drugs does Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Buechel's most prescribed drugs by claims were Celecoxib, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Cefadroxil.
Has Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $422,792 in general payments to Dr. Buechel from 2 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.
How long has Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. been practicing?
Dr. Buechel graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.
Does Dr. Frederick F. Buechel Jr. do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Buechel.
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