Stephen Buchanan MD in Framingham, Massachusetts

Medical School: University Of Massachusetts Medical School
Graduation Year: 2000
The Primary Medical Specialty for Stephen Buchanan MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 24
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5294725636
NPI #: 1104815398
NPI Created On: 10/19/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/25/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
216529
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

Languages spoken by staff include: Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Blood test, clotting time
3. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
4. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
9. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
10. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
11. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
12. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
13. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem
14. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
15. Annual depression screening, 15 minutes

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).