Sarah Bligh in Sioux City, Iowa

Medical School: Sanford School Of Medicine Of University Of South Dakota
Graduation Year: 2009
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sarah Bligh is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 15
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7911138714
NPI #: 1225266364
NPI Created On: 06/28/2009
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/21/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
42647
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Sanford Health Plan
• Medica Insurance Company
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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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. Balloon dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
4. Control of bleeding of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
5. Dilation of esophagus
6. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
9. Imaging of digestive tract done from the inside of the digestive tract
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
19. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
20. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk

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).