Mary Ruth Buchness, MD
Dermatology · Washington, NJNPI 1205849395
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $60,810 of the $78,325 with a category attached, or 77.6%. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 41.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $35,149 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $96 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 284 payments — averaging $275.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$33K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$19K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$15K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$6K
- Johnson & Johnson$688
- AbbVie$669
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,5357%
- Speaking & faculty fees$60,81078%
- Travel & lodging$4,1845%
- Food & beverage$7,68110%
- Education$1150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 39 | $32,785 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 21 | $19,130 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 27 | $15,368 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 20 | $6,482 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $688 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $669 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $498 |
| Novartis | 28 | $396 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $373 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $266 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $254 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $235 |
| Incyte Corporation | 4 | $193 |
| UCB, Inc. | 7 | $169 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 8 | $160 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $149 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $67 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $64 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $58 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $17 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$78,325 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 394 dermatology providers in New Jersey.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pimecrolimus | 11 | $3,177 |
| Fluocinonide | 56 | $3,047 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 65 | $3,023 |
| Ketoconazole | 142 | $2,210 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 71 | $1,798 |
| Tacrolimus | 17 | $1,793 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 29 | $1,315 |
| Ciclopirox | 23 | $1,246 |
| Tretinoin | 40 | $1,238 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 23 | $943 |
| Spironolactone | 48 | $871 |
| Minoxidil | 85 | $814 |
| Metronidazole | 13 | $608 |
| Permethrin | 13 | $587 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 19 | $479 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Washington
- Omar NoorSomerset$4.5M
- Linda Cappiello-LindsleyHoboken$2.3M
- Brian KeeganEast Windsor$1.7M
- Jerry BagelEast Windsor$1.6M
- Mital Patel CohenFlorham Park$799K
- Ronald BernardinVoorhees$688K
- Brian MachlerFlorham Park$346K
- Jeanine DownieMontclair$327K
- Aanand GeriaRutherford$251K
- Jason MillerFreehold$226K
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.