Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco, MD, PhD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,082
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 203
- Publications
- 2
- MIPS score, 2024
- 94
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Practice phone
- Call (310) 825-6301
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco is a neurocritical care physician in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Buitrago Blanco practices at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, part of University of California Health.
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's NPI, 1033386537, was assigned on May 13, 2008. Dr. Buitrago Blanco graduated from Pontifical Xavierian University in 2000. Dr. Buitrago Blanco holds California license A122210.
- NPI
- 1033386537NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6901053834
- NPI enumeration date
- May 13, 2008
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (310) 825-6301
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 52
- Medical school graduation
- 2000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco practices at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's primary practice is Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, at 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (310) 825-6301.
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(310) 825-6301
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's primary practice is Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, part of University of California Health. Dr. Buitrago Blanco is also affiliated with UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. The medical group on file is UCLA Neurology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buitrago Blanco to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Buitrago Blanco practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco is one of 60 neurocritical care physicians in California
Neurocritical care is Dr. Buitrago Blanco's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084A2900X. Dr. Buitrago Blanco is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dmand AI has Dr. Buitrago Blanco's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Maryland and Ohio.
Specialties and state licenses
- Neurocritical care, CaliforniaPrimary
- Maryland license
- Ohio license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists traumatic coma among the conditions Dr. Buitrago Blanco treats.
Neurocritical care physicians near Dr. Buitrago Blanco
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco billed Medicare for 1,082 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,082 Medicare services from Dr. Buitrago Blanco across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 203 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $153,068 for them.
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 9252024: 1,08217%
Where Dr. Buitrago Blanco's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office222%
- In a facility1,06098%
Dr. Buitrago Blanco compared with the California median for neurocritical care physicians, 2024
- Dr. Buitrago Blanco
- California median
- Medicare services
- 1,082vs 3243.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 203vs 12859% above
Medians across 62 neurocritical care physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco treated 203 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 203 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buitrago Blanco in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 70 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 44% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.65, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Buitrago Blanco's median patient age at 59, with 42% women.
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women9145%
- Men11255%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Buitrago Blanco's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Stroke or TIA75%
- Arthritis60%
- Ischemic heart disease47%
- Diabetes44%
- Anxiety43%
- Chronic kidney disease43%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 59
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women42%
- Men58%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Buitrago Blanco for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Buitrago Blanco accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Buitrago Blanco as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 94of 100Final score
- 86.4of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 67of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Buitrago Blanco in 2020. Dr. Buitrago Blanco's most frequent co-authors are Paul M. Vespa, MD and Giyarpuram Nadathur Prashant, MD.
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Buitrago Blanco
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco received $252 in industry payments from 2017 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Buitrago Blanco from 2 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. ZOLL Medical Corporation paid the most, $200.
General payments to Dr. Buitrago Blanco by program year, 2017 to 2024
Companies that paid Dr. Buitrago Blanco the most, 2017 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco graduated from Pontifical Xavierian University
Dr. Buitrago Blanco graduated from Pontifical Xavierian University in 2000.
- Medical school
- Board certified in neurology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco accepts plans from 12 insurance carriers
Dr. Buitrago Blanco is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Regence Health Plans
- Alliant Health Plans
- +4 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Buitrago Blanco accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare8
- PPO8
- HMO6
- EPO4
- POS4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco's NPI number?
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco's NPI number is 1033386537. It was assigned on May 13, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco?
Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco is a neurocritical care physician in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurocritical Care Physician (taxonomy code 2084A2900X).
Where does Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco practice?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco practices at 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Dr. Buitrago Blanco's primary practice is Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, part of University of California Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Buitrago Blanco to 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Buitrago Blanco is (310) 825-6301.
What is Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco's medical license number?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco holds California license A122210, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.
Which states has Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Buitrago Blanco in California (2012 to 2026), Maryland (2010 to 2012) and Ohio (2006 to 2010).
Which hospitals is Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco affiliated with?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco practices at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Buitrago Blanco is also affiliated with UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco part of?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco is linked to UCLA Neurology. Dmand AI links Dr. Buitrago Blanco to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Buitrago Blanco billed Medicare for 1,082 services in 2024, and Dr. Buitrago Blanco accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Buitrago Blanco as offering telehealth services.
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What is Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco's MIPS score?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco see?
CMS counts 203 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Buitrago Blanco in 2024, with an average age of 75.
Is Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco board certified?
Yes. Dr. Buitrago Blanco is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
What services does Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Buitrago Blanco's most billed Medicare services were critical care (99291), hospital inpatient care (99233) and hospital inpatient care (99239).
Where did Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco go to medical school?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco graduated from Pontifical Xavierian University in 2000.
Has Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $252 in general payments to Dr. Buitrago Blanco from 2 companies from 2017 to 2024. The largest total came from ZOLL Medical Corporation.
How long has Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco been practicing?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.
Does Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Buitrago Blanco.
Who does Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco publish with?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco's most frequent co-authors are Paul M. Vespa, MD (2 shared papers) and Giyarpuram Nadathur Prashant, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco accept?
Dr. Buitrago Blanco is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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