Karl Zimmerman in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Temple University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Karl Zimmerman is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2365629409
NPI #: 1154439966
NPI Created On: 08/29/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/10/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MD056655L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, German.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. Removal of impact ear wax, one ear
4. Urinalysis, manual test
5. Stool analysis for blood to screen for colon tumors
6. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
7. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
8. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
9. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
10. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
16. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
17. Prostate cancer screening; digital rectal examination
18. 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
19. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
20. 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.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).