Christopher Cua, MD
Specialist
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Medical school
- Indiana University School of Medicine (1982)
- Years since graduation
- 44
- In the NPI registry since
- 2005
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 62
The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. NPIs were first issued in May 2005 and became required on claims in 2007–2008, so an early date usually means the clinician was already in practice before then. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 1982Medical school: Indiana University School of Medicine
- 2005Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date) — NPIs began in 2005, so practice likely started earlier
Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).
Specialties and state licenses
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Specialist primary
MA license 70534
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain, MA
- Metrowest Medical Center Framingham, MA
Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.
Medicare patients and services
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 62
- Services billed
- 196
- Patients’ average age
- 77
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | 65 | 43 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 29 | 18 |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | 24 | 24 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | 21 | 21 |
| Diagnostic exam of lung airway using an endoscope | 19 | 19 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.