{"schema":"gale.providerFacts/1","npi":"1356480016","url":"https://www.gale.care/providers/ca/quartz-hill/barry-buffman-md-1356480016","factsUrl":"https://www.gale.care/npi/1356480016.json","markdownUrl":"https://www.gale.care/npi/1356480016.md","generatedAt":"2026-11-03T00:17:24.659Z","exportId":"elig-ca-20261023T221350Z","factsHash":"27a975a45563aba0","factsChangedAt":"2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","index":{"robots":"index","basis":"index-all"},"summary":"Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016) is listed in the NPPES registry with the specialty Urology Physician in Quartz Hill, CA, phone (661) 943-6455, as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026.","identity":{"name":{"id":"name","value":"Barry Buffman","status":"self-reported","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry lists Barry Buffman under NPI 1356480016, as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."},"credential":{"id":"credential","value":"MD","status":"self-reported","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry lists the credential MD for Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016), as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."},"specialty":{"id":"specialty","value":"Urology Physician","status":"self-reported","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry lists Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016) under the specialty Urology Physician, as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."},"registryStage":{"id":"registry-stage","value":"as-listed","status":"self-reported","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry does not list Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016) under a training program, as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."},"npiIssued":{"id":"npi-issued","value":2007,"status":"confirmed","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry shows NPI 1356480016 (Barry Buffman, MD) issued in 2007, as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."},"practiceType":{"id":"practice-type","value":"sole-proprietor","status":"self-reported","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry lists Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016) as a sole proprietor, as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."}},"location":{"city":{"id":"city","value":"Quartz Hill","status":"self-reported","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry lists a practice location in Quartz Hill for Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016), as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."},"state":{"id":"state","value":"CA","status":"self-reported","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry lists a practice location in CA for Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016), as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."}},"contact":{"phone":{"id":"phone","value":"(661) 943-6455","status":"self-reported","source":"nppes-registry","asOf":"2026-06-08","checkedAt":null,"staleAfter":null,"confidence":"high","gate":"G0","sentence":"The NPPES registry lists (661) 943-6455 as the practice phone for Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016), as of the registry file of Jun 8, 2026."}},"care":{},"insurance":{"rows":[{"id":"ins-anthem-medi-cal","value":{"payer":"anthem","payerLabel":"Anthem Blue Cross Medi-Cal","line":"medi-cal","products":["ANTHEM BLUE CROSS PARTNERSHIP PLAN"],"accepts":true,"setting":"office"},"status":"confirmed","source":"dhcs-mcp-274-listing","asOf":"2026-04-21","checkedAt":"2026-10-22T14:42:02Z","staleAfter":"2026-08-19","confidence":"medium","gate":"G3","sentence":"Listed: DHCS Medi-Cal plan network listing listed Barry Buffman, MD (NPI 1356480016) for Anthem Blue Cross Medi-Cal on Apr 21, 2026. 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It starts with the status word. Quote it whole.","asOf":"The date the source gives this record (YYYY-MM-DD). It is not the date of the event the record describes: an opt-out states its own start and end dates in its sentence.","checkedAt":"When Gale last read the source.","staleAfter":"After this date the fact keeps its status word and date, and staleNote says the record is old; later still it is dropped. A fact from a full CMS or state file the publisher has not replaced stays, marked stale, for as long as that file is the newest one, and its staleNote says Gale found no newer file.","staleNote":"On a fact past its fresh window only: the record's age, as its own sentence (\"The state file is old; Gale found no newer one.\"). It never changes the status.","confidence":"How far Gale trusts the source, measured on the source (high, medium, low, none). Never a judgment of the clinician.","cautions":"hand-check: Gale checked a sample of this source by hand and found errors (sources[].handCheck has the numbers). conflict: another source disagrees (see conflict). stale: the record is past its fresh window. A caution never changes the status.","gate":"The publication switch that lets this kind of fact show. 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