Maura Buete, M.D.

Dr. Buete is a board-certified family physician with over 25 years of clinical experience in urgent care, wound care, and general family practice. She enjoys caring for patients of all ages, from birth to the golden years. Dr. Buete is a graduate of the University of South Florida, where she majored in Biology, as well as the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, FL. After receiving her doctorate, she moved to St Petersburg and completed her residency at Bayfront Hospital. She went on to practice urgent care for 12 years and then switched her area of focus to wound care and hyperbaric medicine and worked as a consulting physician and then Medical Director at Manatee Memorial Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center for 11 years. When COVID hit, she returned to urgent care, where she and her husband offered in-person and telehealth care from 2019 until the present.

Dr. Buete has a passion for spiritual as well as physical wellness. She has been active in her local Catholic community in spreading the truth and beauty of the Church’s teachings by facilitating the study of Church encyclicals and spiritual writings, incorporating Theology of the Body into the Family Life series in Catholic schools, and she has also been on the BOD since the inception of the St Gianna Center for Women’s Health and FertilityCare, which promotes natural family planning and NaProTechnology locally. Dr. Buete is married with 5 children and lives in St. Petersburg, FL.

California, Carolina, Connecticut, DC, Florida, Kansas (Telehealth Only), Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Washington, Virginia, Georgia

**Alaska: patient care pending as of 10/06/2023

Aetna, Medicare, Cigna, ProviDrs Care

UnitedHealthCare Networks Include: Freedom Plan( Ppo, Epo), Medicare Complete Hmo (02-H), Nexusaco(R/Rb/Rp Hmo, Oa Epo), Charter Plus, Charter Balanced, Core/Core Essential( Hmo, Epo), Nexusaco Nr/Nrb Epo, Navigate, Select Hmo/Select + (00-H), Doctors Plan / Plus Hmo, Nexusaco(Oa Pos, Rp Pos), Doctors Plan (Epo, Pos), Medicaid Hmo, Pcp (01-H), Core Pos, Oxford Medicare Complete Hmo, Select Epo (00-E), Navigate Plus, Choice Epo (50-E), Nexusaco R/Rb Epo, Choice(Plus Pos(50-P), Hmo/Choice +Hmo (50-H)), Charter, Ppo (00-O), Nexusaco( Nrp Pos, Oa/Oap Hmo, Nr/Nrb/Nrp Hmo), Select Plus-Pos (00-P). Medicare: National Network(Delegated, Hmo), Oxford Medical Mcr, Grp Retiree Mcare Ntl Ppo, Evercare/Erickson Advantage, Medicare Regional Ppo/Snp, Medicare – Restricted Access, National Network( Hmo Delegate ), Select Solutions, Medicare Lppo, Lutheran Psp, Provider Specific Plan. Medicaid: Ri Dsnp (Care)

Anthem Blue Cross of California

BlueCross BlueShield Networks Include: Century Preferred PPO, BlueCare HMO, Blue Connection, Pathway small group(HMO, PPO), Pathway individual(PPO, HMO), Medicare Advantage(PPO, PPO Access Select, HMO, HMO Select), Traditional Indemnity and Century 90 PlansUniCare Life and Health Insurance Company Plan Programs

If this clinician is licensed in your state they are able to accept your insurance if you are insured by any one of the following:
- Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
- Catholic Diocese Of Wichita, Kansas
- Christendom College
- Christian Brothers Ministry Services Plan
- Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Medi-Share
- Reta Trust

Tricare: Effective Jan 1, 2025, Tricare has switched region allocation for several states. We are currently re-evaluating each of our provider's certification status for Tricare Select and will update profiles as we have confirmed status. Please check back for updates.

Services deemed medically necessary by a physician at MyCatholicDoctor may be covered by your insurance. Network coverage is determined by your referring physician’s participation. All other services are eligible for our Self-Pay Discounted Rates.

• Pediatric and Adult Urgent Care
• Adolescent and Adult Primary Care
• Wound Care
• Wellness
• Weight Loss