Elan Hekier MD in San Diego, California

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

Medical School: Tufts University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2002
The Primary Medical Specialty for Elan Hekier MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 22
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2264463280
NPI #: 1225092463
NPI Created On: 04/14/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/19/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
A85321
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
2. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
3. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
4. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
5. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
7. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
8. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
9. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
10. 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).