Kenneth Saum MD in Lynchburg, Virginia

Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University, School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kenneth Saum MD is listed as: Thoracic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0244299311
NPI #: 1255312609
NPI Created On: 11/10/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/04/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208G00000X
License Number:
036111948
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Piedmont Community HealthCare HMO, Inc.
• Optima Health Plan
• 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 lung airways using an endoscope
2. Removal of one lobe of lung
3. Biopsy of growths in one lung using an endoscope
4. Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin
5. Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope
6. Combined multiple vein and artery heart artery bypasses
7. Combined multiple vein and artery heart artery bypasses
8. Heart artery bypass to repair one artery
9. Removal of lymph nodes from chest cavity and breast bone
10. Ultrasonic guidance during surgery
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
16. Counseling visit to discuss need for lung cancer screening using low dose ct scan (ldct) (service is for eligibility determination and shared decision making)
17. Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic

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).