NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Gynecology Physician NPI 1356389688 MD
Verify on CMS → Wendy Buchi, MD
Gynecology Physician in San Diego, California.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 3,912 in Gynecology 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
1K
Medicare Part D claims · 315 beneficiaries · Gynecology Physician avg: 319
Generic prescribing
80%
generic claims · 20% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
63.8/100
▼ 20 pts below national avg 83.5 · Mid-tier
Industry payments
$913.87
43 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Wendy Buchi, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 63.8/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,170 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 63.8/100
- MIPS score · -20 vs avg
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 80%
- 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 Wendy Buchi, 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 1356389688), first enumerated 06/02/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,170 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 63.8/100 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
$913.87 in reported industry payments (43 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
California statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Wendy Buchi, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: MBC annual report 2023
- 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 1356389688 · Gynecology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-NARROW · MIPS-LOW · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1356389688
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-NARROW 3,912
- MIPS-LOW 63.8/100
- RX-MID 1,170
- BOOK-THIN 377 in California
- PHOTO-FINISH Kerri Hall, MD · ±0.4
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Chharitha Veerap…
Chharitha Veerapaneni, MD
61.7 MIPS pts
- Buchi · this pro…
Buchi · this provider
63.8 MIPS pts
- Kerri Hall, MD ·…
Kerri Hall, MD
64.2 MIPS pts
- Gerald Englund, …
Gerald Englund, D.O.
64.7 MIPS pts
- Jack Adcock, DO …
Jack Adcock, DO
64.7 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Wendy Buchi, 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.
64 ≥ 6th percentile 6% 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.
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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Wendy Buchi, MD sits
This provider among gynecology physician peers
Across the 538 gynecology physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Wendy Buchi, MD writes more Part D claims than 93% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 7% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one gynecology physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Wendy Buchi, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Wendy Buchi, 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 Wendy Buchi, MD?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Gynecology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,170 267% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
63.8/100 19.7 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in California
How Gynecology Physician compares to other specialties among California providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Wendy Buchi, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Gynecology Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 63.8/100
- 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 | 1356389688 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Gynecology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 06/02/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
63.802
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
38.5683
Quality
83.6316
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Alternative Payment Model
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Wendy Buchi, 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.
Igo Medical Group Amc
San Diego, CA
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 Wendy Buchi, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$914
Largest payer
Astellas Pharma US Inc
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 - California MBC 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 ~150K California medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Wendy Buchi, MD. To verify Wendy Buchi, MD's current license status, search the MBC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
576
Total board actions, California 2023
Across 556 cases
3.84
Actions per 1,000 licensees
California statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
186 cases
MBC 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 California disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Wendy Buchi, MD - brand share 20.0%
Gynecology Physician average
20% brand-name claims vs 80% generic, on 1,170 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.
1,170
Total Claims
$158K
Total Drug Cost
315
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 2,820.9
- Total Day Supply
- 81,365
- Brand vs Generic
- 20% brand / 80% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $88K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $70K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 39
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.5 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.69
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Wendy Buchi, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Estradiol
Estradiol
220 claims
- Progesterone
Progesterone
142 claims
- Estradiol (Twice W…
Estradiol (Twice Weekly)
122 claims
- Yuvafem 74
Yuvafem
74 claims
- Dotti 60
Dotti
60 claims
- Estring 50
Estring
50 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium 43
Levothyroxine Sodium
43 claims
- Fluconazole 40
Fluconazole
40 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Estradiol | 220 |
| Progesterone Progesterone, Micronized | 142 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly) Estradiol | 122 |
| Yuvafem Estradiol | 74 |
| Dotti Estradiol | 60 |
| Estring Estradiol | 50 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 43 |
| Fluconazole | 40 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 32 |
| Valacyclovir Valacyclovir Hcl | 29 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Gynecology Physician Overview
How Wendy Buchi, MD fits within the Gynecology Physician landscape nationally.
3,912
Gynecology Physician Providers in US
53
States with Gynecology Physician
319
Avg Claims per Provider
Wendy Buchi, MD's 1,170 claims are above the specialty average of 319.
Nationwide Gynecology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Buchi, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (63.8 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Gynecology Physician Providers in California
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in California, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Buchi.
One of 377 Gynecology Physician providers enrolled in California, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Ahmed Abdelaziz
MD
Santa Maria, CA
Dr. Keevan Abramson
MD
Fort Bragg, CA
Dr. Robert Adams
MD
Monterey, CA
Dr. Naphthali Alinsod
M.D.
Laguna Beach, CA
Dr. Parichehr Allameh
M.D.
Sylmar, CA
Compare Gynecology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Wendy Buchi, MD's specialty? ▼
Wendy Buchi, MD specializes in Gynecology Physician and practices in San Diego, California. Credentials: MD.
How much does Wendy Buchi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Wendy Buchi, MD wrote 1,170 Medicare Part D claims totaling $158K in drug costs for 315 beneficiaries.
What is Wendy Buchi, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Wendy Buchi, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 63.8/100 (Quality: 38.6). 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 Wendy Buchi, MD located? ▼
Wendy Buchi, MD is located at 9339 GENESEE AVE, San Diego, CA, 92121. Phone: (858) 455-7520.
What is Wendy Buchi, MD's NPI number? ▼
Wendy Buchi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356389688, issued on 06/02/2006.
Does Wendy Buchi, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Wendy Buchi, MD's prescribing is 20% brand-name and 80% generic drugs by claim count, with $88K in brand drug costs.
How many Gynecology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 3,912 Gynecology Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Gynecology Physician provider writes 319 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Wendy Buchi, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Wendy Buchi, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Estradiol, Progesterone, Estradiol (Twice Weekly). This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Wendy Buchi, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Wendy Buchi, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,170 Part D claims and 315 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Wendy Buchi, MD's credentials? ▼
Wendy Buchi, MD's NPI is 1356389688 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).
Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology
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