Christopher Ducko MD in Boston, Massachusetts

Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Ducko MD is listed as: Thoracic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7810969052
NPI #: 1063409126
NPI Created On: 10/04/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/13/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208G00000X
License Number:
221301
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration of lung secretions from lung airways using an endoscope
2. Insertion of permanent catheter for drainage of lung fluid
3. Removal of fluid from chest cavity with imaging guidance
4. Partial removal of tissue of one lung using an endoscope
5. Examination of chest using an endoscope with lymph node biopsy
6. Radiological supervision and interpretation of placement of catheter with drainage (accessed through the skin) procedure
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
12. Emergency department visit, problem of high severity
13. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
14. 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).