NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Family Medicine Physician NPI 1932193448 MD
Verify on CMS → Joseph Buono, MD
Family Medicine Physician in Staten Island, New York.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 150,125 in Family 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
13K
Medicare Part D claims · 1K beneficiaries · Family Medicine Physician avg: 4K
Generic prescribing
89%
generic claims · 11% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
87.2/100
▲ 4 pts above national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$3.2K
175 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Joseph Buono, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 87.2/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 13,115 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 87.2/100
- MIPS score · +4 vs avg
- 13K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 89%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
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 Joseph Buono, 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 1932193448), first enumerated 09/12/2005.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 13,115 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 87.2/100 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
Industry payment transparency
$3.2K in reported industry payments (175 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
New York statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Joseph Buono, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: NYSBPMC annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1932193448 · Family Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-ABOVE · RX-HEAVY · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1932193448
- ENUM-LEGACY 2005
- TAX-MEGA 150K Family Medicine
- MIPS-ABOVE 87.2/100
- RX-HEAVY 13K claims
- BOOK-MID 6,002 in New York
- PHOTO-FINISH Zachary Ankney · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Buono · this pro…
Buono · this provider
87.2 MIPS pts
- John Nicholson ·…
John Nicholson
87.2 MIPS pts
- Zachary Ankney ·…
Zachary Ankney
87.2 MIPS pts
- Rita Camacho · n…
Rita Camacho
87.2 MIPS pts
- Christopher Clar…
Christopher Clarke
87.2 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Joseph Buono, 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.
87 ≥ 52nd percentile 52% 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 Joseph Buono, MD sits
This provider among family medicine physician peers
Across the 21,266 family medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Joseph Buono, MD writes more Part D claims than 94% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 50% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one family medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Joseph Buono, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Joseph Buono, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting - 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 Joseph Buono, MD?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Family Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
13,115 273% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
87.2/100 3.7 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in New York
How Family Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among New York providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Joseph Buono, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Family Medicine Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 87.2/100
- 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 | 1932193448 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Family Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 09/12/2005 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
87.1972
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
100
Quality
57.324
Cost
Reporting: Individual
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 Joseph Buono, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$3.2K
Largest payer
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
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.
License & disciplinary context - New York NYSBPMC 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~100K New York medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Joseph Buono, MD. To verify Joseph Buono, MD's current license status, search the NYSBPMC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
312
Total board actions, New York 2023
Across 302 cases
3.12
Actions per 1,000 licensees
New York statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
89 cases
NYSBPMC publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the New York disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Joseph Buono, MD - brand share 11.0%
Family Medicine Physician average
11% brand-name claims vs 89% generic, on 13,115 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
13,115
Total Claims
$1.3M
Total Drug Cost
1,027
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 28,566.967
- Total Day Supply
- 830,769
- Brand vs Generic
- 11% brand / 89% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $1.0M
- Generic Drug Cost
- $244K
- Opioid Claims
- 265 (2.0% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 553
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.6 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.09
- Gender Split
- 59% female / 41% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 83, 65-74: 497, 75-84: 355, 85+: 92
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Joseph Buono, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
735 claims
- Alprazolam
Alprazolam
480 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
475 claims
- Losartan Potassium
Losartan Potassium
469 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate
Amlodipine Besylate
436 claims
- Metformin Hcl
Metformin Hcl
381 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium
Rosuvastatin Calcium
309 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate
Zolpidem Tartrate
307 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 735 |
| Alprazolam | 480 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 475 |
| Losartan Potassium | 469 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 436 |
| Metformin Hcl | 381 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 309 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 307 |
| Simvastatin | 279 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 272 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Family Medicine Physician Overview
How Joseph Buono, MD fits within the Family Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
150,125
Family Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Family Medicine Physician
3,519
Avg Claims per Provider
Joseph Buono, MD's 13,115 claims are above the specialty average of 3,519.
Nationwide Family Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Buono, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (87.2 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Family Medicine Physician Providers in New York
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New York, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Buono.
One of 6,002 Family Medicine Physician providers enrolled in New York, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Stuart Aaronson
M.D.
New York, NY
Dr. Amarachi Abara
MD
Bronx, NY
Dr. Sharon Abara-Palaganas
MD
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Mary Claire Abbot
MD
New York, NY
Heather Abdalla
FNP-C
Horseheads, NY
Compare Family Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Joseph Buono, MD's specialty? ▼
Joseph Buono, MD specializes in Family Medicine Physician and practices in Staten Island, New York. Credentials: MD.
How much does Joseph Buono, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Joseph Buono, MD wrote 13,115 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.3M in drug costs for 1,027 beneficiaries.
What is Joseph Buono, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Joseph Buono, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 87.2/100 (Quality: 100, Cost: 57.3). 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 Joseph Buono, MD located? ▼
Joseph Buono, MD is located at 120 RATHBUN AVE, Staten Island, NY, 10312. Phone: (718) 980-0588.
What is Joseph Buono, MD's NPI number? ▼
Joseph Buono, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932193448, issued on 09/12/2005.
Does Joseph Buono, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Joseph Buono, MD's prescribing is 11% brand-name and 89% generic drugs by claim count, with $1.0M in brand drug costs.
Does Joseph Buono, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Joseph Buono, MD had 265 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.0%.
How many Family Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 150,125 Family Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Family Medicine Physician provider writes 3,519 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Joseph Buono, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Joseph Buono, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Atorvastatin Calcium, Alprazolam, Levothyroxine Sodium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Joseph Buono, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Joseph Buono, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 13,115 Part D claims and 1,027 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Joseph Buono, MD's credentials? ▼
Joseph Buono, MD's NPI is 1932193448 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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