Samir Shah in Providence, Rhode Island

Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Graduation Year: 1992
The Primary Medical Specialty for Samir Shah is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 32
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9133131360
NPI #: 1043209398
NPI Created On: 10/19/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/23/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
9420
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
6. Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
15. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
16. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
17. Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito

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).