Richard Palken MD in Worcester, Massachusetts

Medical School: Tufts University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Palken MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3779521158
NPI #: 1093798514
NPI Created On: 11/29/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/28/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
73003
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
3. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
4. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
5. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
6. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
7. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
8. 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
9. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
10. Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic

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).