NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Pain Medicine Physician NPI 1043292188 MD
Verify on CMS → John Arbuckle, MD
Pain Medicine Physician in Carmel, Indiana.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 1,006 in Pain Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
630
Medicare Part D claims · 280 beneficiaries · Pain Medicine Physician avg: 2K
MIPS score
0/100
▼ 84 pts below national avg 83.5 · Penalty band
Industry payments
$170.26
3 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
John Arbuckle, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 0/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 630 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 0/100
- MIPS score · -83 vs avg
- 630
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥0th
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about John Arbuckle, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1043292188), first enumerated 11/15/2005.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 630 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 0/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$170.26 in reported industry payments (3 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1043292188 · Pain Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-NARROW · MIPS-LOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1043292188
- ENUM-LEGACY 2005
- TAX-NARROW 1,006
- MIPS-LOW 0/100
- RX-LIGHT 630
- BOOK-THIN 22 in Indiana
- PHOTO-FINISH Rahul Anand · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Arbuckle · this … 0
Arbuckle · this provider
0 MIPS pts
- Zachary Cohen · … 0
Zachary Cohen
0 MIPS pts
- Rahul Anand · near 0
Rahul Anand
0 MIPS pts
- Gary Baker · near 0
Gary Baker
0 MIPS pts
- Jeffrey Charnov … 0
Jeffrey Charnov
0 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
John Arbuckle, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
0 ≥ 0th percentile 0% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where John Arbuckle, MD sits
This provider among pain medicine physician peers
Across the 262 pain medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, John Arbuckle, MD writes more Part D claims than 31% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 0% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one pain medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is John Arbuckle, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
John Arbuckle, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about John Arbuckle, MD?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Pain Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
630 70% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
0/100 83.5 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Indiana
How Pain Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Indiana providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
John Arbuckle, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Pain Medicine Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 0/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1043292188 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Pain Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 11/15/2005 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
0
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
0
Quality
0
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where John Arbuckle, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Indiana Spine Group, PC
Carmel, IN
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for John Arbuckle, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$170
Largest payer
Boston Scientific Corporation
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
630
Total Claims
$7K
Total Drug Cost
280
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 859.967
- Total Day Supply
- 17,427
- Generic Drug Cost
- $7K
- Opioid Claims
- 230 (36.5% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.5 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.25
- Gender Split
- 61% female / 39% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 19, 65-74: 124, 75-84: 107, 85+: 30
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What John Arbuckle, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Methylprednisolone
Methylprednisolone
153 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetam…
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
112 claims
- Meloxicam
Meloxicam
66 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetamin…
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
64 claims
- Tramadol Hcl 54
Tramadol Hcl
54 claims
- Gabapentin 44
Gabapentin
44 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl 30
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl
30 claims
- Alprazolam 28
Alprazolam
28 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 153 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 112 |
| Meloxicam | 66 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 64 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 54 |
| Gabapentin | 44 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 30 |
| Alprazolam | 28 |
| Diazepam | 22 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 22 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Pain Medicine Physician Overview
How John Arbuckle, MD fits within the Pain Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
1,006
Pain Medicine Physician Providers in US
49
States with Pain Medicine Physician
2,094
Avg Claims per Provider
John Arbuckle, MD's 630 claims are below the specialty average of 2,094.
Nationwide Pain Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Arbuckle, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (0 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Pain Medicine Physician Providers in Indiana
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Indiana, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Arbuckle.
One of 22 Pain Medicine Physician providers enrolled in Indiana, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Rebecca Adlaka
MD
Crown Point, IN
Dr. Jeffrey Barr
MD
Portland, IN
Dr. Maher Fattouh
MD
Dyer, IN
Dr. Simon Feng
MD
Greenwood, IN
Dr. Joseph Folz
D.O.
Evansville, IN
Compare Pain Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is John Arbuckle, MD's specialty? ▼
John Arbuckle, MD specializes in Pain Medicine Physician and practices in Carmel, Indiana. Credentials: MD.
How much does John Arbuckle, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, John Arbuckle, MD wrote 630 Medicare Part D claims totaling $7K in drug costs for 280 beneficiaries.
What is John Arbuckle, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
John Arbuckle, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 0/100 (Quality: 0). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is John Arbuckle, MD located? ▼
John Arbuckle, MD is located at 13225 N MERIDIAN ST, Carmel, IN, 46032. Phone: (317) 228-7000.
What is John Arbuckle, MD's NPI number? ▼
John Arbuckle, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043292188, issued on 11/15/2005.
Does John Arbuckle, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, John Arbuckle, MD had 230 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 36.5%.
How many Pain Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,006 Pain Medicine Physician providers across 49 states in the US. The average Pain Medicine Physician provider writes 2,094 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does John Arbuckle, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, John Arbuckle, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Methylprednisolone, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Meloxicam. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does John Arbuckle, MD accept Medicare? ▼
John Arbuckle, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 630 Part D claims and 280 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify John Arbuckle, MD's credentials? ▼
John Arbuckle, MD's NPI is 1043292188 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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