Charles Bleecher MD in Stony Brook, New York

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: State University Of Ny Upstate Medical University
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Charles Bleecher MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3476657776
NPI #: 1134117989
NPI Created On: 10/06/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/13/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
171781
Listed Gender: Male

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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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Urinalysis, manual test
3. Stool analysis for blood
4. Detection test for influenza virus
5. Strep test (streptococcus, group a)
6. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
7. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
8. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
9. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
10. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
11. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
12. Brief emotional or behavioral assessment
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Smoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
19. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
20. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine

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).