Richard Kaufman in Branford, Connecticut

Medical School: Yale University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1971
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Kaufman is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 53
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9739071218
NPI #: 1215991575
NPI Created On: 04/13/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/03/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207K00000X
License Number:
017295
Listed Gender: Male

---

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

• Humana
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

---

Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Removal of impacted ear wax by washing
3. Urinalysis, manual test
4. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
5. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
6. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
7. Injection of incremental dosages of allergen
8. Preparation and provision of single or multiple antigens for allergen immunotherapy
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. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
13. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
14. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
15. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
16. 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
17. Colorectal cancer screening; fecal occult blood test, immunoassay, 1-3 simultaneous
18. Annual depression screening, 15 minutes

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).