Robert Scharff MD in Louisville, Kentucky

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Louisville School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Robert Scharff MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1052353596
NPI #: 1235111931
NPI Created On: 11/17/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/19/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
32145
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Celtic Insurance Company
• Humana
• CareSource
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. X-ray of chest, 2 views
3. Testing for presence of drug
4. Automated urinalysis test
5. Hemoglobin a1c level
6. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
7. Blood test, clotting time
8. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
9. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
10. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
11. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
12. Anti-clotting management for patient taking warfarin
13. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
17. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
18. 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
19. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
20. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit

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).