Stephen Vanburen in Ames, Iowa

Medical School: Medical College Of Wisconsin
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Stephen Vanburen is listed as: General Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6305935545
NPI #: 1316929862
NPI Created On: 11/18/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/18/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
34684
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
10. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
11. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk
12. Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito

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).