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Dr. Bhuvin M. Buddhdev, MD

Pulmonology (Pulmonary Disease Physician)

500 W Thomas Rd Ste 500
Phoenix, AZ 85013

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  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
18
In the NPI registry since
2010
Medicare patients seen, 2024
247

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2010Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician primary
    AZ license 55589
  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
    AZ license 55589

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

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Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
247
Services billed
1,123
Patients’ average age
71
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes248178
X-ray of chest, 2 views192130
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes18346
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes10834
Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope4838
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes3329
Biopsy of lobe of lung using an endoscope, 1 lobe3227
Biopsy of lobe of lung using an endoscope, each additional lobe3227
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes2725
Aspiration of initial secretion of lung airway using an endoscope2322

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 22 companies reported 83 payments worth $14,114 in total to this clinician.

By company
United Therapeutics Corporation$11,100
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$1,671
AbbVie Inc.$272
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.$200
Insmed, Inc.$165
Abiomed$140
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC$127
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.$107
By type
Consulting Fee$9,265
Food and Beverage$4,037
Travel and Lodging$812

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Oct 3, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 3, 2025
Consulting Fee
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun
$6,550
Oct 18, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 18, 2025
Consulting Fee$2,020
Dec 12, 2025Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
Dec 12, 2025
Consulting Fee
UPTRAVI · Cardiology
$495
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX · in-kind
$255
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX · in-kind
$234
Sep 30, 2025Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Sep 30, 2025
Consulting Fee
Adempas · Cardio-pulmonary
$200
Oct 18, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 18, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL
$127
Oct 3, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX
$64.94
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX
$54.70
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX
$48.10
All 12 payments other than meals, newest first
All payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Dec 12, 2025Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
Dec 12, 2025
Consulting Fee
UPTRAVI · Cardiology
$495
Oct 18, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 18, 2025
Consulting Fee$2,020
Oct 18, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 18, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL
$127
Oct 18, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 18, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL
$20.00
Oct 3, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 3, 2025
Consulting Fee
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun
$6,550
Oct 3, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX
$64.94
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX · in-kind
$255
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX · in-kind
$234
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX
$54.70
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX
$48.10
Oct 2, 2025United Therapeutics Corporation
Oct 2, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TYVASO · Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lun · travel to Houston, TX
$8.00
Sep 30, 2025Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Sep 30, 2025
Consulting Fee
Adempas · Cardio-pulmonary
$200

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

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Industry-funded research

Named as a principal investigator on 2 industry-funded studies in 2025, from 1 companies. The companies reported $91,968 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.

From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated February 27, 2026), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1881907681. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.