Benjamin Schlicher in Ames, Iowa

Medical School: University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2008
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin Schlicher is listed as: General Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 16
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6800035452
NPI #: 1114186160
NPI Created On: 06/05/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/19/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
40731
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Removal of breast growth, open procedure
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. Insertion of central venous catheter and implanted device for infusion beneath the skin, patient 5 years or older
4. Biopsy or removal of lymph nodes of under the arm, open procedure
5. Injection of radioactive dye for x-ray identification of lymph node
6. Lymph node imaging during surgery
7. Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope
8. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion, replacement or removal of central venous access device
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day

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).