Vala Berjis MD in Walnut Creek, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vala Berjis MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6800833468
NPI #: 1023135761
NPI Created On: 03/26/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/25/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
221661
Listed Gender: Male

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe cartilage using an endoscope
2. Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope
3. Removal of fluid from chest cavity with imaging guidance
4. Insertion of arterial catheter for blood sampling or infusion, accessed through the skin
5. Ultrasound guidance for accessing into blood vessel
6. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
7. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
13. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
14. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient
15. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).