Mary Buffington in Shreveport, Louisiana

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Mary Buffington has Nephrology as her primary medical specialty. Their primary office is: 1541 Kings Hwy in Shreveport, Louisiana.

They're a part of the: Lsu Health Sciences Center Shreveport Faculty Group Practice medical group which has around 542 members. You can call their office at 318-675-5000 to schedule an appointment. They also accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. They attended Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport and graduated in 2004 (around 20 years of experience). They are not listed as doing telehealth appointments, but this may have changed. It can't hurt to call and check. If anything it may encourage them to make them available if they are not currently.

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Mary Buffington
Lsu Health Sciences Center Shreveport Faculty Group Practice
1541 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
318-675-5000

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Phone: 318-675-5000

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Healthcare Info for Mary Buffington

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for Mary Buffington is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6406907385
NPI #: 1942411863
NPI Created On: 05/24/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/17/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MD.201483
Listed Gender: Female

Insurance, Services, Charges

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.

Services and Procedures include:

Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older
Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older
Replacement of central venous catheter
Insertion of needle and/or catheter into dialysis circuit and balloon dilation of dialysis segment, with imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion, replacement or removal of central venous access device
Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
Dialysis services (1 physician visit per month), patient 20 years of age and older
Ultrasound of dialysis access
Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less

They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).

Open Payments Data. This can include items to test (Durable Medical Equipment (DME)), Biological, Drug Samples, etc. This data must be reported to CMS.

Payments Total: $25

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 826389123

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: Nephrology

Name of Drug #1: Parsabiv

Open Associated Drug #1: 55513-740-10

Payments Total: $16

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 826389127

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: Nephrology

Name of Drug #1: Parsabiv

Open Associated Drug #1: 55513-740-10

Payments Total: $12

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 841392755

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: LUPUS NEPHRITIS

Name of Drug #1: LUPKYNIS

Open Associated Drug #1: 75626-001-02

Payments Total: $20

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 841392751

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: LUPUS NEPHRITIS

Name of Drug #1: LUPKYNIS

Open Associated Drug #1: 75626-001-02

Payments Total: $6

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 837137979

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Product Category #1: BD Interventional Peripheral Intervention

Payments Total: $6

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 837137997

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Product Category #1: BD Interventional Peripheral Intervention

Payments Total: $134

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 837138127

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Product Category #1: BD Interventional Peripheral Intervention

Payments Total: $11

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 837138419

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Product Category #1: BD Interventional Peripheral Intervention

Payments Total: $41

Number of Payments:: 9

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Context of payment:: Informational Meal

Record ID:: 829563049

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: Cardiovascular and Metabolism

Name of Drug #1: LOKELMA

Open Associated Drug #1: 0310-1105-30

Payments Total: $16

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Context of payment:: Informational Meal

Record ID:: 829704211

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: Cardiovascular and Metabolism

Name of Drug #1: LOKELMA

Open Associated Drug #1: 0310-1105-30

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6.Adrian Abreo

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