Christopher Puca in Tucson, Arizona

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE

Medical School: New York Medical College
Graduation Year: 1980
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Puca is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 44
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9436246584
NPI #: 1851359517
NPI Created On: 05/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/26/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
22330
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Removal of impacted ear wax by washing
3. X-ray of chest, 2 views
4. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
5. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
6. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
7. Screening digital tomography of both breasts
8. Mammography of both breasts
9. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
10. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
11. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
12. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
13. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
14. Kidney function blood test panel
15. Liver function blood test panel
16. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
17. Urinalysis, manual test
18. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
19. Vitamin d-3 level
20. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury

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).