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James Bruffey in Encinitas, California

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James Bruffey has Orthopedic Surgery as his primary medical specialty. Their primary office is: 310 Santa Fe Dr in Encinitas, California. There is an additional office location, for a total of two, for James Bruffey that can be viewed further down.

They're a part of the: Scripps Health medical group which has around 1,329 members. You can call their office at 760-753-5594 to schedule an appointment. They also accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. They attended Ohio State University College Of Medicine and graduated in 1994 (around 30 years of experience). They are listed as doing telehealth appointments.


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James Bruffey
Scripps Health
310 Santa Fe Dr
Encinitas, California 92024
760-753-5594


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Healthcare Info for James Bruffey

Medical School: Ohio State University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Bruffey is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 30
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7810039609
NPI #: 1447225446
NPI Created On: 02/22/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/07/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
A60176
Listed Gender: Male

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:

  1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
  2. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at lower spinal column, anterior approach
  3. Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
  4. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
  5. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation at base of neck for stabilization, 1 interspace
  6. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
  7. Partial removal of bone with release of spinal cord or spinal nerves of 1 interspace in lower spine
  8. Re-exploration of spine repair with release of lower spinal cord or nerves
  9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
  10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
  11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
  12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
  13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
  14. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
  15. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
  16. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg

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).

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: $11

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828441979

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #1: Spine Hardware Systems

Name of Drug #1: Meridian


Payments Total: $39

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828441985

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #1: Spine Hardware Systems

Name of Drug #1: Regatta


Payments Total: $24

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828441989

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: No


Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828441995

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: No


Payments Total: $21

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828441997

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: No


Payments Total: $17

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828442365

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #1: Spine Hardware Systems

Name of Drug #1: Meridian

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #2: Spine Hardware Systems

Name Of Drug #2:: Regatta


Payments Total: $20

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828442351

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #1: Spine Hardware Systems

Name of Drug #1: NorthStar OCT


Payments Total: $25

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828442357

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #1: Spine Hardware Systems

Name of Drug #1: Regatta

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #2: Spine Hardware Systems

Name Of Drug #2:: Reef TO


Payments Total: $16

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828442361

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #1: Spine Hardware Systems

Name of Drug #1: NorthStar OCT


Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 828442369

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #1: Spine Hardware Systems

Name of Drug #1: Meridian

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #2: Spine Hardware Systems

Name Of Drug #2:: Regatta


Additional Office Locations

1. Scripps Health
10820 N Torrey Pines Rd
La Jolla, CA 92037
Group Members: 1,329

Phone: 760-753-5594

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