Yifan Lu, MD - Medicare Internal Medicine in Buffalo, NY

Yifan Lu, MD is a medicare enrolled "Internal Medicine" physician in Buffalo, New York. She graduated from medical school in 2010 and has 14 years of diverse experience with area of expertise as Internal Medicine. She is a member of the group practice Montefiore Medical Center and her current practice location is 462 Grider St, Buffalo, New York. You can reach out to her office (for appointments etc.) via phone at (716) 898-3000.

Yifan Lu is licensed to practice in New York (license number 290788) and she also participates in the medicare program. She may accept medicare assignments (which means she may accept the Medicare-approved amount; you may be billed for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance) and her NPI Number is 1205240082.

Contact Information

Yifan Lu, MD
462 Grider St,
Buffalo, NY 14215
(716) 898-3000
Not Available

Map and Direction




Physician's Profile

Full NameYifan Lu
GenderFemale
SpecialityInternal Medicine
Experience14 Years
Location462 Grider St, Buffalo, New York
Accepts Medicare AssignmentsMay be. She may accept the Medicare-approved amount; you may be billed for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance.
  Medical Education and Training:
  • Yifan Lu graduated from medical school in 2010
  NPI Data:
  • NPI Number: 1205240082
  • Provider Enumeration Date: 06/19/2014
  • Last Update Date: 09/04/2018
  Medicare PECOS Information:
  • PECOS PAC ID: 4385910439
  • Enrollment ID: I20171018000743

Medical Identifiers

Medical identifiers for Yifan Lu such as npi, medicare ID, medicare PIN, medicaid, etc.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
1205240082NPI-NPPES

Medical Taxonomies and Licenses

TaxonomyTypeLicense (State)Status
207R00000XInternal Medicine 290788 (New York)Primary

Medical Facilities Affiliation

Facility NameLocationFacility Type
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NYHospital

Group Practice Association

Group Practice NameGroup PECOS PAC IDNo. of Members
Montefiore Medical Center37794960212071

Medicare Reassignments

Some practitioners may not bill the customers directly but medicare billing happens through clinics / group practice / hospitals where the provider works. Medicare reassignment of benefits is a mechanism by which practitioners allow third parties to bill and receive payment for medicare services performed by them. Yifan Lu allows following entities to bill medicare on her behalf.
Entity NameMontefiore Medical Center
Entity TypePart B Supplier - Clinic/group Practice
Entity IdentifiersNPI Number: 1063525152
PECOS PAC ID: 3779496021
Enrollment ID: O20031113000235
Entity NameWestchester Medical Center Advanced Physician Services Pc
Entity TypePart B Supplier - Clinic/group Practice
Entity IdentifiersNPI Number: 1912131392
PECOS PAC ID: 3173660776
Enrollment ID: O20091031000042

Medicare Part D Prescriber Enrollment

Any physician or other eligible professional who prescribes Part D drugs must either enroll in the Medicare program or opt out in order to prescribe drugs to their patients with Part D prescription drug benefit plans. Yifan Lu is enrolled with medicare and thus, if eligible, can prescribe medicare part D drugs to patients with medicare part D benefits.

Mailing Address and Practice Location

Mailing AddressPractice Location Address
Yifan Lu, MD
462 Grider St,
Buffalo, NY 14215-3021

Ph: () -
Yifan Lu, MD
462 Grider St,
Buffalo, NY 14215

Ph: (716) 898-3000

Reviews and Comments


Internal Medicine Doctors in Buffalo, NY

Musa Saeed, M.D.
Internal Medicine
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: Elm And Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone: 716-845-2300    Fax: 716-845-1374
Dr. Reena Bose, M.D.
Internal Medicine
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 899 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-878-2700    Fax: 716-878-2701
Michael S Winnicki, MD
Internal Medicine
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: Elm And Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone: 716-845-2300    Fax: 716-845-4693
John Crane, MD
Internal Medicine
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: 716-829-2676    
Samjot S Dhillon, MD
Internal Medicine
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: Elm And Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone: 716-845-2300    Fax: 716-845-1110
Bonnie Theresa Gleason, MD
Internal Medicine
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 565 Abbott Rd, Buffalo, NY 14220
Phone: 716-560-8416    
Sanjivini Wadhwa, MD
Internal Medicine
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: 716-898-4119    

Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

Medicare Assignment: Assignment means that your doctor, provider, or supplier agrees (or is required by law) to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. Most doctors, providers, and suppliers accept assignment, but you should always check to make sure. Participating providers have signed an agreement to accept assignment for all Medicare-covered services.

NPI Number: The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. The NPI must be used in lieu of legacy provider identifiers in the HIPAA standards transactions. Covered health care providers and all health plans and health care clearinghouses must use the NPIs in the administrative and financial transactions adopted under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Our Data: Information on www.medicarelist.com is built using data sources published by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The information disclosed on the NPI Registry are FOIA-disclosable and are required to be disclosed under the FOIA and the eFOIA amendments to the FOIA. There is no way to 'opt out' or 'suppress' the NPPES record data for health care providers with active NPIs.