Karen Choong in Newton, Massachusetts

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for Karen Choong is listed as: Endocrinology
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8325279920
NPI #: 1245498211
NPI Created On: 05/27/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/08/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RE0101X
License Number:
222002
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Ultrasound of head and neck
3. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
4. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
5. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
6. Albumin (protein) level
7. Vitamin d-3 level
8. Magnesium level
9. Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) level
10. Phosphate level
11. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement
12. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
13. Ambulatory continuous glucose (sugar) including interpretation and report for a minimum of 72 hours
14. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour
15. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day

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).