Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Nicholas I Buss

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1346414752

Nicholas I Buss practises Interventional Cardiology in Bend, Oregon. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with St Charles Health System Inc, a 383-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Oregon, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
OR, VT, WI
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
6
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Practice location Address checks out

2500 NE Neff Rd
Bend, OR 97701-6015
Phone: (541) 388-4333
Fax: (541) 388-3446
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Specialties & licences

Interventional Cardiology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RI0011X · Licence MD191669 (OR)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 0420012193 (VT)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 65190-20 (WI)
Interventional Cardiology Physician Taxonomy 207RI0011X · Licence 65190-20 (WI)
Hospitalist Physician Taxonomy 208M00000X · Licence 0420012193 (VT)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1346414752
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 16, 2008
Last updated in NPPESMay 19, 2023
Certification dateMay 19, 2023

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyINTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Also practisesCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY), INTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice St Charles Health System Inc — 383 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations10 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Coronary angioplasty and stenting 34 times · 69th percentile
Pacemaker insertion or repair 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients497
Services billed 1,281 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $14 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at St Charles Health System Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 383 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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