Nicholas Buss in Lakeview, Oregon

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2008
The Primary Medical Specialty for Nicholas Buss is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 16
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840468963
NPI #: 1346414752
NPI Created On: 04/16/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/19/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
0420012193
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin, Inc.
• Aspirus Arise Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc.
• Network Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, ENGLISH.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. External ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
3. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
4. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
7. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
8. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
9. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
10. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
11. Ultrasound examination of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
12. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
13. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
14. Insertion of catheter in right and left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
15. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
19. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
20. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).