Sam Buffer JR. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sam Buffer JR. is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8426145343
NPI #: 1699747634
NPI Created On: 02/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/17/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
MD042229L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
2. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
5. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
6. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
16. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 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).