William Buchanan in Wilmington, North Carolina

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

Medical School: Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for William Buchanan is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1254300403
NPI #: 1225146210
NPI Created On: 08/29/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/26/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0011X
License Number:
31454
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
3. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
5. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
6. Ldl cholesterol level
7. Magnesium level
8. Natriuretic peptide (heart and blood vessel protein) level
9. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
10. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
11. Blood test, clotting time
12. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
13. Insertion of stent, removal of plaque and/or balloon dilation of coronary vessel during heart attack, accessed through the skin
14. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft
15. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
16. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
17. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg tracing and monitoring
18. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
19. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
20. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days

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).