Peter Buffa, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Bethpage, NY
Peter Buffa, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bethpage, New York, and NPI 1790884344, issued on Sep 21, 2006. Check the license (New York 211481, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Peter Buffa
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 211481 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4277 Hempstead Tpke, Bethpage, NY 11714
- Phone
- (516) 731-7770
- Enumerated
- Sep 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (516) 731-7052
- Medicaid ID
- 02116127 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101021000206); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center, 1996
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 4277 Hempstead Tpke
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Peter Buffa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 211481Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,606 Medicare Part D claims for 821 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 131 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium802 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate551 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium466 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate389 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium348 claims
- Losartan Potassium341 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $763.54
48 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Optum Medical Care PCMount Kisco, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
19 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bethpage
They are 19 of the 653 NPPES records with a practice address in Bethpage, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Peter Buffa, M.D.'s NPI number?
Peter Buffa, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790884344, issued on Sep 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Peter Buffa, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4277 Hempstead Tpke, Bethpage, NY, 11714. Phone: (516) 731-7770. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Peter Buffa, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 211481, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Peter Buffa, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Peter Buffa, M.D. had 10,606 Medicare Part D claims for 821 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Peter Buffa, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.