Brian Oppermann in State College, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: West Virginia University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2005
The Primary Medical Specialty for Brian Oppermann is listed as: Rheumatology
Approximate Years of Experience: 19
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1052409661
NPI #: 1194904797
NPI Created On: 10/31/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/16/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MD432589
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Highmark Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• 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. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
4. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
5. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
6. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
12. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
13. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
14. Injection, certolizumab pegol, 1 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered)
15. Injection, denosumab, 1 mg
16. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 20 mg

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).