Karen Den Besten in Petoskey, Michigan

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Ohio State University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Karen Den Besten is listed as: Infectious Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6002981974
NPI #: 1245226323
NPI Created On: 09/23/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/24/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0200X
License Number:
4301091715
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Humana
• McLaren Health Plan Community
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Strapping, unna boot
2. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
3. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
4. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
6. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
7. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
8. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
9. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
10. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
12. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
13. 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

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).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.