Brijinder Kochhar MD in Weirton, West Virginia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1970
The Primary Medical Specialty for Brijinder Kochhar MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 54
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6406825496
NPI #: 1235229246
NPI Created On: 10/13/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/03/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
35046027
Listed Gender: Male

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

• MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF OHIO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Hindi, Punjabi.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Examination of lung airways using an endoscope
2. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
3. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
4. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
5. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
6. Measurement of lung stretching capacity
7. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
8. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
15. Smoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 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).