Paola Blanco in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Paola Blanco is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9739227034
NPI #: 1194759852
NPI Created On: 07/10/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/26/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
228853
Listed Gender: Female

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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, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).