Richard Chen MD in Garland, Texas

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Chen MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4688645864
NPI #: 1124131412
NPI Created On: 08/17/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/21/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
K4306
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Celtic Insurance Company
• Humana
• Oscar Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients in some locations.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Mandarin, Chinese.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. X-ray of chest, 2 views
3. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
4. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
5. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
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. Brief emotional or behavioral assessment
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
13. Advance care planning by the physician or other qualified health care professional
14. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
15. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
16. 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
17. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
18. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
19. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
20. Annual depression screening, 15 minutes

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).