Robert Biggs in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduation Year: 1976
The Primary Medical Specialty for Robert Biggs is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 48
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9638362460
NPI #: 1164417721
NPI Created On: 09/20/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/24/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
OS003707L
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
• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
3. Blood test, clotting time
4. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
7. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
8. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
9. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
10. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
11. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
12. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
13. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
14. Anti-clotting management for patient taking warfarin
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
20. 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).