Dr. William Michael Wind, MD

  • Buffalo, NY
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1932179736PAC ID6709823735
Medicare services, 2024
144
Medicare patients, 2024
100
Part D claims, 2024
42
MIPS score, 2024
89
Industry payments
$146,960
Practice address
4949 Harlem Rd, Buffalo, NY 14226
Practice phone
Call (716) 829-3670
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Primary practice

University Orthopaedic Services Inc.

Buffalo, New York

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Dr. William Michael Wind is an orthopedic surgeon in Buffalo, New York

Dr. Wind practices at University Orthopaedic Services Inc. in Buffalo, New York.

Dr. Wind's NPI, 1932179736, was assigned on January 24, 2006. Dr. Wind graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Wind holds New York license 219446-1.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6709823735
NPI enumeration date
January 24, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(716) 829-3670
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
55
Medical school graduation
1997

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. William Michael Wind practices at University Orthopaedic Services Inc. in Buffalo, New York

Dr. Wind's primary practice is University Orthopaedic Services Inc., at 4949 Harlem Rd, Buffalo, NY 14226 in Erie County. The practice phone is (716) 829-3670.

  • University Orthopaedic Services Inc.
    4949 Harlem Rd, Buffalo, NY 14226 · Erie CountyPhone(716) 829-3670

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. William Michael Wind is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Wind's primary practice is University Orthopaedic Services Inc. in Buffalo, New York. The medical group on file is UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wind to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. William Michael Wind's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
University Orthopaedic Services Inc.Available with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. William Michael Wind is one of 1,151 orthopedic surgeons in New York

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Wind's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Wind is licensed in New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, New YorkPrimaryLicense 219446-1 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Wind

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Dr. William Michael Wind billed Medicare for 144 services in 2024

CMS data shows 144 Medicare services from Dr. Wind across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 100 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,435 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024144
Medicare patients100
Paid by Medicare$7,435
Procedure codes5

Dr. Wind's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Imaging
2023: 832024: 864%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 642024: 589%

Dr. Wind compared with the New York median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Wind
  • New York median
Medicare services
144vs 72680% below
Medicare patients
100vs 23658% below
Part D claims
25vs 7366% below

Medians across 1,081 orthopedic surgeons in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Wind'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. William Michael Wind treated 100 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 67

CMS counts 100 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wind in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 57 patients. 74% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have arthritis. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.05, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Wind's median patient age at 51, with 47% women.

Medicare patients, 2024100
Average age67
Average risk score1.05
Also on Medicaid21%

Dr. Wind's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Wind's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women5050%
  • Men5050%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Wind's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol74%
  2. Arthritis73%
  3. High blood pressure64%
  4. Anxiety35%
  5. Mood disorders27%
  6. Chronic kidney disease26%
  7. Diabetes26%
  8. Depression23%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Wind's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 51

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women47%
  • Men53%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. William Michael Wind wrote 42 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Wind wrote 42 Medicare Part D claims for 34 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 25 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $91 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 46 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202442
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$91
Part D patients34

Dr. Wind's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic41 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims2%

Dr. Wind'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. Wind's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids64%27 of 42 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: 462024: 2546%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 2 in 2023.

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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. William Michael Wind 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. Wind for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Wind accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 59 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Wind, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Wind's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 77.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 81of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Wind ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
89th percentile59 procedures
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
89th percentile16 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

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. William Michael Wind received $146,960 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 274 general payments to Dr. Wind from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 83% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $131,236.

General payments to Dr. Wind by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Wind by kind, 2016 to 2025

$147Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$121,78083%
  • Travel and lodging$13,99410%
  • Food and beverage$9,2916%
  • Education$1,8951%

Companies that paid Dr. Wind the most, 2016 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. William Michael Wind graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine

Dr. Wind graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1997.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity at Buffalo School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. William Michael Wind's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors 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 paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. William Michael Wind's NPI number?

Dr. William Michael Wind's NPI number is 1932179736. It was assigned on January 24, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. William Michael Wind?

Dr. William Michael Wind is an orthopedic surgeon in Buffalo, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. William Michael Wind practice?

Dr. Wind practices at 4949 Harlem Rd, Buffalo, NY 14226. Dr. Wind's primary practice is University Orthopaedic Services Inc. in Buffalo, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wind to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. William Michael Wind's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Wind is (716) 829-3670.

What is Dr. William Michael Wind's medical license number?

Dr. Wind holds New York license 219446-1.

What medical group is Dr. William Michael Wind part of?

Dr. Wind is linked to UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dmand AI links Dr. Wind to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. William Michael Wind accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Wind billed Medicare for 144 services in 2024, and Dr. Wind accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. William Michael Wind's MIPS score?

Dr. Wind's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. William Michael Wind see?

CMS counts 100 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wind in 2024, with an average age of 67.

What services does Dr. William Michael Wind bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Wind's most billed Medicare services were diagnostic imaging (73564), diagnostic imaging (73030) and office visit, established patient (99214).

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Where did Dr. William Michael Wind go to medical school?

Dr. Wind graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1997.

What drugs does Dr. William Michael Wind prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Wind's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. William Michael Wind received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $146,960 in general payments to Dr. Wind from 21 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. William Michael Wind been practicing?

Dr. Wind graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.

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