Physician

Buba Marong, MD

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Buba Marong, MD (NPI: 1124523147) practices advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from San Diego, CA. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is SCRIPPS HEALTH (NPI: 1275899072; TIN: 232380812) and primary practice location at 92024-2791. Marong is affiliated with the Scripps Accountable Care Organization, LLC (ACO ID: A3521), participating under the MSSP model.

Marong's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2023, this provider had 79 traditional Medicare patients, billed 213 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $19,026 in Medicare payments. 2024 Part D data shows 335 prescription claims across 73 beneficiaries totaling $73,726 in drug costs, led by Eliquis (Apixaban). Open Payments data shows 39 records totaling $1,419. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported Medicare Part B carrier billing data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have moved sharply higher in recent years, from $257 to $73,726. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend. X-axis: year 2015-2024. Y-axis: Medicare payment, unit: USD. Field: Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt. Source: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners by Provider.0$21K$42K2021 Medicare payment: $22,389 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2022 Medicare payment: $41,708 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2023 Medicare payment: $19,026 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
YearPatientsClm LinesPayment
2015N/RN/RN/R
2016N/RN/RN/R
2017N/RN/RN/R
2018N/RN/RN/R
2019N/RN/RN/R
2020N/RN/RN/R
2021107262$22,389
2022204519$41,708
202379213$19,026
2024N/RN/RN/R

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Part D Events Trend. X-axis: year 2015-2024. Y-axis: Drug cost, unit: USD. Field: Tot_Drug_Cst. Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider.0$37K$74K2018 Drug cost: $257 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2021 Drug cost: $7,298 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2022 Drug cost: $15,767 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2023 Drug cost: $33,537 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2024 Drug cost: $73,726 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
YearPatientsClaimsDrug Cost
2015N/RN/RN/R
2016N/RN/RN/R
2017N/RN/RN/R
2018N/R19$257
2019N/RN/RN/R
2020N/RN/RN/R
202150127$7,298
2022108374$15,767
202378240$33,537
202473335$73,726

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

No connected Part B code-level records for 2024.

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

DrugGenericClaimsTotal Day SupplyTotal Drug Cost
EliquisApixaban341,440$27,775
JardianceEmpagliflozin12657$12,963
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab13480$9,612
BrilintaTicagrelor14480$7,083
EzetimibeEzetimibe211,650$742

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary in 2024

CategoryDefinitionRecordsTotal Reported AmountTop Related Entity
General PaymentsReported payment or transfer-of-value amount.39$1,419Boston Scientific Corporation
Research PaymentsReported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.0$0N/R
Ownership / Investment InterestsReported value of ownership or investment interests.0$0N/R

FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Buba Marong, MD?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Buba Marong, MD (NPI 1124523147), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Buba Marong, MD have ACO affiliation data?

Buba Marong, MD is shown with ACO affiliation data for Scripps Accountable Care Organization, LLC (MSSP, ACO ID A3521).

What billing organization is linked to Buba Marong, MD?

Buba Marong, MD is linked to SCRIPPS HEALTH (billing NPI 1275899072) in the available physician profile data.

Does Buba Marong, MD have Open Payments data?

Buba Marong, MD has 39 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.