Catherine Nicastri MD in East Setauket, New York

Medical School: State University Of New York At Stony Brook, School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1998
The Primary Medical Specialty for Catherine Nicastri MD is listed as: Geriatric Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 26
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8820084635
NPI #: 1093730269
NPI Created On: 07/12/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0300X
License Number:
223930
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Automated urinalysis test
2. Blood glucose (sugar) test performed by hand-held instrument
3. Hemoglobin a1c level
4. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
5. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
6. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
7. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
8. Anti-clotting management for patient taking warfarin
9. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Established patient home visit, typically 40 minutes
15. Established patient home visit, typically 60 minutes
16. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
18. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
19. Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp
20. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem

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).