Ward Buster MD in Columbus, Ohio

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ward Buster MD is listed as: Neurosurgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0446154769
NPI #: 1851385181
NPI Created On: 09/01/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/22/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
34-008093
Listed Gender: Male

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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.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
2. Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach
3. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
4. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
5. Computer-assisted spinal procedure
6. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 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. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
13. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
14. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
15. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem

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).