Chad Gidel in Ames, Iowa

Medical School: Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Chad Gidel is listed as: Optometry
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9234262825
NPI #: 1316939127
NPI Created On: 08/17/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/12/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 152W00000X
License Number:
02159
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Sanford Health Plan
• Medica Insurance Company
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Removal of eyelashes by forceps
2. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, new patient
3. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, new patient, 1 or more visits
4. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient
5. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient, 1 or more visits
6. Fitting of contact lens for treatment of ocular surface disease
7. Measurement of field of vision during daylight conditions
8. Diagnostic imaging of optic nerve of eye
9. Diagnostic imaging of retina
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 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).