Dr. Alexander Mark Busko, MD, MPH

Dr. Busko practices at Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital.

Dr. Busko's NPI, 1639668916, was assigned on May 2, 2018. Dr. Busko graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Busko holds Florida license 144588.

Dr. Busko's primary practice is Northside Hospital Cherokee, at 450 Northside Cherokee Boulevard, Canton, GA 30115 in Cherokee County. The practice phone is (770) 244-1000.

Dr. Busko's primary practice is Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital. Dr. Busko is also affiliated with Northside Hospital Gwinnett. The medical group on file is Northside Hospital Atlanta. Dmand AI also links Dr. Busko to 6 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Busko practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Busko's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Busko is board certified in anesthesiology critical care medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Busko's licenses on file in 8 states: Florida, Colorado, New Hampshire, Georgia, Montana, Utah, Oregon and Alabama.

CMS data shows 921 Medicare services from Dr. Busko across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 548 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $84,648 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 548 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Busko in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 198 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.23, 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. Busko's median patient age at 69, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Busko wrote 226 Medicare Part D claims for 157 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 112 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $494 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 29 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Busko accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Busko, published from 2012 to 2022. 2012 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Wounds and Injuries, Injury Severity Score and Blood Coagulation Tests. Dr. Busko has published most often in J Trauma Acute Care Surg. Dr. Busko's most frequent co-authors are Robert Mauro Van Haren, MD, Alan S. Livingstone, MD and Chad Michael Thorson, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 4 general payments to Dr. Busko from 4 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 55% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $500.

Dr. Busko graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 2017.

Dr. Busko is in network with 6 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.