Jeffrey Buetikofer in Erie, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Hahnemann University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Jeffrey Buetikofer is listed as: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4183520950
NPI #: 1285612010
NPI Created On: 01/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/29/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
MD041659L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• 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. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
2. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
5. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
6. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
7. Remote evaluations of heart rhythm monitor system implanted under skin with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 days
8. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
17. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
19. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 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).