David Buechner, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Germantown, TNNPI 1619970688
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 76.2% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,313 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $43 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 181 payments — averaging $162.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$22K
- Galil Medical Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$485
- Penumbra, Inc.$450
- plus $2K from 16 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $359.82 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Sitesaver Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,97558%
- Travel & lodging$4,38315%
- Food & beverage$7,44125%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 105 | $22,470 |
| Galil Medical Inc. | 7 | $1,707 |
| Stryker | 9 | $1,441 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $1,230 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $485 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $450 |
| Abbott | 10 | $360 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $219 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $208 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $146 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $135 |
| Biogen | 1 | $91 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $89 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$10,863
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$8,783
- Intracept$2,002
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$1,150
- VISUAL-ICE$945
- ICEFX$662
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$402
- FlowTriever$208
- ClotTriever$208
- SYNCHROMED$166
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$161
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$147
- Omnia$142
- IVS - VERTEBROPLASTY PRODUCTS$139
- PROCLAIM$118
- EMBOZENE$117
How this compares
$29,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 757 diagnostic radiology providers in Tennessee.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other diagnostic radiology in Germantown
- Jennifer BoalsGermantown$2K
- Michael DohertyJackson$600K
- Thomas HodgkissMemphis$170K
- Gregory MinwellKnoxville$105K
- Daniel BrownNashville$81K
- James BuschChattanooga$71K
- Daniel HossKnoxville$70K
- David PeelerMemphis$68K
- Jeffrey MahonyKnoxville$58K
- John CrockerJackson$46K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.