Scott Hamling MD in Des Moines, Iowa

Medical School: University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Scott Hamling MD is listed as: General Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4385654128
NPI #: 1275581456
NPI Created On: 05/04/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/21/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
MD-36526
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Humana
• 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 catheter into breast for radiation therapy using imaging guidance
2. Partial removal of breast
3. Total removal of breast
4. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
5. Biopsy or removal of lymph nodes of under the arm, open procedure
6. Injection of radioactive dye for x-ray identification of lymph node
7. Injection of radioactive dye for x-ray identification of lymph node
8. Lymph node imaging during surgery
9. Blood potassium level
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
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. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
16. Technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 20 millicuries

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).