Anthony Lama MD in New Orleans, Louisiana

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
NEPHROLOGY

Medical School: State University Of Ny Upstate Medical University
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Anthony Lama MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0547258394
NPI #: 1134161946
NPI Created On: 06/13/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/14/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
License Number:
08931R
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: FRENCH, SPANISH, ENGLISH, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Italian, German, French, Arabic.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
3. Hemodialysis procedure with repeated evaluations
4. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
14. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit

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.