Patricia Kao in Salem, Oregon

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Virginia School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Patricia Kao is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7315039286
NPI #: 1063576437
NPI Created On: 12/20/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/20/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
MD27429
Listed Gender: Female

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

• PacificSource Health Plans
• Moda Health Plan, Inc.
• Providence Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
3. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
10. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 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).